When Bear’s woken up early from his hibernation by a robber he’s shocked to see all his stored food gone! It’s snowing outside his cave so now that he’s awake ...
Long ago, an evil God now named ‘The Enemy’, drowned the world. Ellie and her friends live in a large city half submerged beneath the sea. Now an orphan, Ellie ...
Jane Eyre lives a terrible life with her spiteful aunt and bullying cousins. When she is sent away to a devout and strict school for orphans, it is actually slightly ...
Nathan is grieving over the loss of his smart, talented but often annoying older brother, Al. Not only did 17 yr old Al commit suicide, 15 yr old Nathan found ...
This fun picture book explores our differences in bright, colourful, clear illustrations with simple concepts such as big, small, short, tall and also things we enjoy together, or do differently. ...
Water – our life force, for creatures great and small, including mankind. A small boy called Isaac is playing in water, marveling at its wonder as many small children do. ...
Jo lives in a little town in France, with his mother, grandfather and little sister. France is in the grip of World War II, and Jo’s family, like many in ...
Jacinda Ardern has always been busy, and ever since she saw classmates at her Murupara school with no shoes or lunch to eat, she has wanted to help. This desire ...
Step back in time to when … “New Zealand was a land of lush forest, with only the mountain tops bare of trees. The idea of extinction was unheard of, ...
Sarah has two Grandmothers. One has given her a copy of The Koran, and one has given her a copy of The Bible. Sarah cherishes these gifts and loves all ...
Generation Alpha children (born between 2010 and 2030) are the first to have a screen culture since birth. They have been born into a world of technology that improves and ...
A picture book for all young girls, I Am Enough highlights that they are enough, no matter what. They are themselves, do not have to be like anyone else, run ...
Waka Ama is the sport of racing outrigger canoes as many Pacific people used in the past. This story follows six boys on their way to race in a Waka Ama ...
Ella is excited and nervous at the same time as she hugs her family goodbye. She is about to start at Eden College Boarding School. She never thought she’d be ...
Life is returning to normal, well as normal as can be after a murder investigation takes over your entire high school. But that was a year ago, and students have ...
Fly is under the control of Black Bill who runs a group of street urchins. Being small, Fly is the perfect chimney sweep. When she sees her chance to escape ...
Ali (named after his father’s hero, Muhammad Ali), is the teenage son of Alex Cross, an outstanding African American Detective in both his profession and community. However, due to an ...
The sky is reddening and there is the smell of smoke in the air as a family prepares to evacuate their farm. They pack their treasures into the car. But ...
On the day WWI broke out, New Zealander Captain Frank Worsley set off on an adventure of a lifetime. He was part of an important historical expedition to Antarctica, and ...
Rabbit is grumpy….again! Woodpecker is pecking at a tree to make her nest and Rabbit wants to snooze. Bear arrives and tries to calm his friend who just won’t listen. ...
Ali Cross isn’t where he should be. He told his nana mama (Great Grandmother) he was doing his school project at his mates’ house but he’s actually at a music ...
A young boy called Cam wonders about the sea, longing to see it for himself. His Grandfather claims they will go one day…. One day, Cam is watching a trickle ...
In the chaos of war, a family decides to leave to find a safe place to live. A voyage across the ocean is the only option and they set off, ...
Just like the flowers and trees and plants in a garden, we are all different. But when we see someone acting strangely, doing something we don’t understand or a different ...
When a boy discovers a hole just lying on the ground, he decides it might come in handy. The only problem is, whenever he tries to put it anywhere, it ...
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 ...