A wee, tiny, mouse is fed up of being a wee, tiny mouse. He gets ignored, stood on and forgotten. How can he change things? A strong, noisy, bossy, lion ...
This book should be read by all New Zealanders to help understand our history from as far back as 1769. This graphic novel explains this simply in three parts: 1: ...
Ella’s elderly neighbour looks sad and unhappy. Ella’s mum explains that Mrs Gooseberry lost her husband and is missing him. She has also lost his love. Ella watches Mrs Gooseberry ...
Imagine a world where everyone is kind? This is how this book begins – we can be kind in so many ways, big or small. This book has been made ...
A young man called Tupaia was born in Ra’iatea. As he grew he’d learned the way of the stars and the sea, the wind and the birds. He was fated ...
Thomas Duncan is so proud of his older brother Jim. He is a soldier training in Egypt with thousands of others, to enable them to join the First World War. ...
Although wordless, this sophisticated picture book portrays so many feelings of anyone leaving loved ones behind and setting out for a new life and land where they can all begin ...
Beatrice Bottomwell did everything well – never putting on odd socks, forgetting her homework or to make her bed. But one day, it finally happens – a mistake… well nearly. ...
Ziba is crammed on the deck of a boat with dozens of others. As the small craft protests against the weight of its human cargo, Ziba closes her eyes to ...
A little girl tells the reader about an early morning rise, before the sun is even up. Her Dad drives the car to a special place and they park with ...
Christopher, his mum and brother Anton have arrived at the end of nowhere, 12,000 miles from home. This is their last stop, all hopes for a new life pinned on ...
Sisters Clara and Sophia have been invited to a High Tea by their Honorary Great Aunties. (They aren’t real aunties, but enjoy each other’s company.) High Tea means dressing up, ...
Wee Harold, with a purple crayon in hand, sets off on an adventure in his imagination. Whatever he needs or is reminded of, he draws with his crayon. Apple trees, ...
When Duncan opens his crayons to draw one day, he finds a pile of letters. They are from the crayons, and they are all very cross. Yellow and Orange are ...
Ten different baby animal families tell the reader in rhyme, why their Grandpa is great. Bright, Colourful and accessible as all the animals are portraying activities that young readers ...
Do you want to know more te reo? This is a great book for young and old, to introduce normal everyday things in English and Māori. Your face, body, animals, ...
It wasn’t planned. It completely freaks her out. When Ethel Leatherman orders some Chinese herbal medicine for her excruciating acne from the internet, and then falls asleep on a faulty ...
Two teens – both in hospital for treatment for their Cystic Fibrosis, and both diagnosed terminal. Stella has been visiting this hospital since she was six. She sees it as ...
The Noughts – Fair skinned, manual workers, housemaids, oppressed. Meet Callum, a teen determined to do better than other Noughts. His father is supporting him, his mother and older brother ...
Little Hector wants to play with his friends in their cove, but there is danger everywhere! The fishing boats have large nets they can be caught in. The ball they ...
Maggie and Jordan are returning to their small town with their families, keen to pick up their lives after being evacuated many months before. This mass evacuation was due to ...
Have you ever heard that fairies are born from a baby’s first laugh? Monsters however, come from a last dying sigh of regret. Imp is a monster – formed by ...
Arthur and Rose are twins, and used to be very close. Now they are older, something has changed. No longer in the same classrooms and with different interests, they have ...
Twins, Rose and Arthur can’t wait to get back to The Land of Roar, and the perfect opportunity arises a few months after their last adventure. (The Land of Roar ...
Frenemies Jimmy Cook and Alice Toole have just realised that they have birthday parties planned, and invitations sent out to their entire class – on the same day! So begins ...
When you look at a horse, what do you see? Colour or lines, or solid, chunky form? Strength, beauty or creatures from a dream? Horses have been depicted in art ...
With her beloved father at her side, a little girl loves life – exploring, experiencing and exclaiming at the wonder of the world around her. But when he is gone, ...
Charlie Star is an anxious wee fellow, and to help fight off these feelings he has built daily rituals to help him cope. From when he wakes, he does his ...
Feeling down? Feeling glum? An old dog is ready to cheer you up, and show you all the wonderful things that await you. A wonderful pick-me-up story for anyone feeling ...