Liesl Wolf never imagined she would ever be left alone with her little brother Otto and toddler sister Mia, with no home, no parents and desperately hungry. After the German ...
Claudine Henry comes from a long line of strong, amazing women. Her 18th summer tests her own strength as her world caves in, her family falling apart. Fleeing the wreckage, ...
Have you ever wanted your very own dragon? Maybe you’ve dreamed about flying on one high above your town or city? Tomas can tell you all about that and what ...
Tomas can share the wonder of his dragon with his three best friends, because now they all have one too. Each dragon has their own skill. Flicker can flicker from ...
Tomas has made a promise to Grandad. But he really, really doesn’t want to keep his promise. He has to tell his friends that it involves them too – they ...
Twins Ashleigh and Aiden Delatour promised their mum when they were very small, to look out for one another. And they have. Aiden more so than Ashleigh, but he’s not ...
Lara’s day out with her mum begins with a ferry ride across the harbour. It holds the promise of a picnic and maybe even an ice cream on the beach ...
Who can remember being told to be careful with books? What about not bending the book? Don’t be rough, draw on, or throw the book? This book throws all those ...
Big or small, short or tall – brown hands, white hands, freckled hands too. Long noses, short noses, big feet, small feet. Round tummies, flat tummies, soft or hard. People ...
Tomas and his friends, Kat, Kai, Liam and Ted, (dubbed the superhero squad) are now experts with their dragons. Fully grown, they can ride and race their dragons and they ...
Siblings Jack and Ava Ward can’t wait for their dragons to arrive. The Dragons at Home Project Dragon Mover drives up with sure signs of what is to come. Loud ...
There is no shortage of dragons now from Grandpa’s garden Dragon fruit tree, and Tomas’ new little dragon Zing is always entertaining. It’s his first dragon Flicker that Tomas misses. ...
Avery is living in her car when she learns she has been left something in a multi-billionaire’s will. Sitting in the principal’s office with a strikingly handsome stranger with a ...
Hare wants quiet. Total quiet. Not birds chatting, or sheep muttering, bees buzzing or trees swishing. He searches high and low but can’t seem to find the type of quiet ...
Kate isn’t expecting anything much for her 11th birthday. Her parents are always working or when they are at home, looking into computers and phone screens. They are hard working ...
Amazing this is! The spectacular Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop won a multitude of awards across 2017 – 2018, and was followed up by the sumptuous Wildlife of Aotearoa in 2019. ...
Hector’s family are going on holiday. They are going to meet his cousins the Maui dolphins. He’s never met them before and his mum reminds him to be nice to ...
Badger is quite happy living alone in his friend Lucy’s large house. She was very kind to give him somewhere to live and study his rocks. Rocks are Badger’s life. ...
Skunk and Badger have settled into their new normal. Skunk’s culinary skills are much appreciated and Badger has moved his important rock work to the attic, in order not to ...
Paul Jennings is an Australian children’s author who is a gifted storyteller. From his very first collection of short stories, Unreal in 1985, to his latest books, A Different Dog ...
Charlie Tangaroa has never let his disability hold him back. In fact, he won’t even think of having a prosthetic leg as a disability. Sometimes it even comes in handy. ...
When Mary’s mum died in their elegant home in India, Mary was quickly back to England. Now she was to live in another grand house, belonging to her uncle John ...
We are surrounded by our family, our towns, our country. The oceans, deserts and skies above us, and the atmosphere then wraps around us. Even further out are the stars, ...
Alfred is a sickly boy. At least that’s what he’s been told over and over by his Nanny, and his mum and dad – the King and Queen of England. ...
Climate change. Terrorism. Failing economies. Epidemics. Is there another option for humankind? Seth is nearly 17. He lives with his mum, dad and little brother Owen in a nice house ...
India Opal is ten years old. She misses her mother even though she can’t remember her leaving, as she was only three. She constantly wonders about her mama and hopes ...