Nine year old Phoebe and her best friend and unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils are hanging out together. As usual, they talk about all the important things in life like friends, ...
Embrace Purity Give Obedience Abstain from Sin Respect your Chaperone Navigate the World with Care These are just some of the rules of New America, and what 17 year ...
This story begins as soon as you open the cover. Two seagulls send you down deep into the ocean, then a shark points even deeper. Down where no sunlight can ...
Have you ever wondered about Monsters in your bedroom after dark? Lots of shapes and sizes? Hungry ones? Big ones, small ones? Smart ones or hairy ones? That’s just your ...
It all begins with a prank. Richard and Tom had been hanging out, first throwing a stolen Star Wars figure in the river to see if it would float, then ...
Jason is now a secret agent trying to hide the fact from his friends and family that he is a secret agent! His first mission went well as he ran ...
Nipper knew what he was doing when he lied about his age. At only 16, he claimed to be 21, and is signed up as a soldier in the Australian ...
Banned from their phones by their mum for turning their cat pink, brothers Max and Liam are blaming each other. Max continues to fume, also cross at Mum for choosing ...
Life has been good in Gabriel’s Gully for friends, Atarangi and Michael. Michael’s dad Brendan has been learning te reo Maori after meeting Atarangi’s mum Hinewai. He’s even built a ...
Grandma tells great stories. Like when she set fire to her bra! It wasn’t because it didn’t fit anymore, but because she was mad at something else. For a long ...
Grace can’t face going to school in her old coat. It just doesn’t fit any more despite her mother insisting it does. Mum is too busy preparing for a promotion ...
Audre loves horror movies, so she can’t help checking out the local teens around a bonfire and working out who would be the first victim. A girl called Elle looks ...
A boy grieves. It has been a week since his father’s funeral and the boy is wondering to himself… “Why Dad? Why did you have to leave?” His father has ...
Grandpa loves to cook. In fact he’s amazing in the kitchen. But he’s also a bit of a klutz and sometimes things go a little haywire. Today is one of ...
Honora Hassett was different to her sisters and friends. Unlike them, she wanted to be a mechanic’s assistant when war broke out in 1939. Even after she was accepted to ...
Joule, Regina and Oliver live in the city of Redwood. Like every other city, they are in preparation for zombie season. This is a time of year when the local ...
The day is hot and Tama longs to wade into the cool waters of the lake along with his big sisters. But Tui, Hinewai and Maia taunt Tama with tales ...
Sam loves to sail on her yacht with her family. She wishes her parents, her father in particular, would give her more responsibility on the yacht so she can learn ...
Claude Monet was a French artist who is now famous across the world for his beautiful paintings. Monet’s painting style was different from other painters at the time, as he ...
Faelen is a wolf. But not like any other wolf. His wolf clan can’t understand why he doesn’t like running with the pack, or hunting prey large and small, let ...
Marjan is used to being alone in the home she shares with her father. He’s been leaving her on her own since she was 10 years old. Before that, he ...
A companion to the Picture Book My First Words in Māori by the same author, this Picture Book introduces and explains many customs and practices of Māori life. When you ...
One day in the school library, a boy chooses a book from the shelves. He’s the first to admit he doesn’t like reading. The title of his chosen book is ...
Annie and her cat Moon are the very best of friends. They have been through a lot together. Before they met Annie lived with her mum and dad in the ...
It was 2018 when The End came. At least that’s what Dylan and his Mam, Rowenna call it now. Dylan was six years old, and Rowenna twenty eight. Now eight ...