Just imagine…. you turn the tap and nothing comes out. At first you might believe the tap is faulty. But none of your taps do their normal job. There is ...
It’s beginning to snow as a young girl waves goodbye to her school friends, as she heads for home. Meanwhile, not far away, a wolf pack is feeling the snow ...
With bright illustrations using multiple mediums, this book was especially written for those children who feel they are invisible and with no voice. They may have been labelled Boy or ...
Spaghetti Giraffe and his other ‘animal’ friends live under an oven in the kitchen of Mina Cucina. Marshmallo Pig, Macaroni Snail, Prune Hedgehogs, Blue Speckled Giraffe and Fluff Monkey, and ...
Artemis Fowl is a very wealthy child genius. He has discovered a world that lives alongside humankind. A world of Fairie, Trolls, Goblins and powerful magic. When he discovers the ...
Greg is back in another episode of his life. Lots is going on, including schemes to make money, tricks to get people to his yard sale and how to become ...
Toe Butter grew up in a village like any other, but he was different. At first it was just his smelly feet. The other villagers called him names and couldn’t ...
When a tiny mouse (only the size of a walnut!) is knocked over by a flying envelope, he is shocked but then pleasantly surprised. After all, it’s cold with snow ...
Sophia loves helping around her house even when she’s very young and then also helping others, alongside her beloved Abuelo. But when he is hurt one day at a local ...
Elves and Santa are frantic at the North Pole. Time is swiftly running out and ten billion presents need to be ready and wrapped for Christmas Eve. Green elves were ...
Everyone is getting ready for Christmas in NZ. Tinsel, pressies, ham and hangi pit – it’s all go. But then they hear the news. Santa has cancelled Christmas! WHAT!!?? Santa ...
Oleg and Emma are the best of friends. Together they are missing their friend Sarah Tuppet who has moved away to the country. Secretly they are envious of Sarah and ...
Chegwin Toffle’s parents sit him down to give him some startling news. They know it won’t be an easy thing to do. Not because the news is terrible, but because ...
Thomas wakes. It’s dark. He’s surrounded by a rumbling, scraping sound and he’s moving. Where am I? What’s happening? All he can remember is his name. Finally the moving stops and ...
This illustrated New Zealand Picture Book has multi readership properties. After an introduction about this gorgeous NZ native bird, the left side pages have rhyming text to tell the story, ...
Fresh from defeating the Maze and The Creators, Thomas allows himself to relax for the moment. They are safe. They are fed. They are alive! Or so they think. WICKED ...
Thomas and his friends have survived the latest challenges thrown at them by the organisation called WICKED (World in Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Dept). Thinking they are finally safe, Thomas is ...
Abigail is preparing for bed when a question hits her – “Where did the sun and planets come from?” Through wonderfully bright and colourful pages, her father explains The Big ...
Deep in the Great Wood stands a magical tree. It’s called the Forever Tree. Anything made from its wood has magical properties. Three children, Zam Zephyr, Phoebe Limetree and Bathsheba ...
Amy Taylor loves cars. Especially classic James Bond type cars, and her mum’s transit van. Why the van? Because ever since a terrible car accident, Amy has been in a ...
Julian is older now and attends a new school. He has a project for his Humanities class that requires him to write an essay about someone he knows. He calls ...
It begins with a compulsory school dentist appointment. With a recurring nightmare plaguing him, 13 year old Dru is petrified of the dentist, and he begs his identical brother Kal ...
Artemis Fowl has younger brothers – twins in fact. One, like Artemis, is a genius. Myles likes nothing more than learning and spouts lyrical at anyone who will listen. That’s ...
They’re back in a brand new episode – No. 38! After 60 years, we meet the series’ first female heroine, Adrenaline. The daughter of a famous chief, Asterix and Obelix ...
Selina hates being laughed at when she is at school. She has inherited thick, curly, wavy BIG hair from her parent’s Samoan, Tuvaluan, Scottish, English, French and NZ backgrounds. Kids ...
Before the settlers, before Captain Cook, Abel Tasman, or any Pacific explorers reached NZ shores – Aotearoa was covered in lush forest and bush, with a plethora of creatures large ...
Tim Tipene shares tales of his childhood in this new collection of short stories. Although neglected, abused and always on alert in case of violence, Timothy tries to do his ...
(1st viewpoint) After Elyse has spent hours and hours helping her best friend Bryn learn lines for plays, she decides to try out for their school play Romeo & Juliet. ...
Phoebe is small with grey feathers. She feels invisible and would love to be colourful and noticed! A visit to Zelda’s popular forest beauty salon is the first step to ...
Everyone in the forest is yawning and ready to sleep. The mice, the hares, the deer and Mama Bear. But Little Bear isn’t having it. He’s wide awake and keen ...