What is Finn’s Epic Fails about? This funny, middle grade novel follows the life of 11 year old Finn Hope in his first year at High School. He shares all ...
A dog stares at his favourite red rubber ball. It’s not doing what it should be doing. It’s just lying there… broken. It looks perfectly rounds and rolls perfectly fine ...
Max and Hugo’s teacher doesn’t like them very much – but Mr Armstrong doesn’t really like any of his students. When he and Max have an argument about a poo ...
In true Funny Kid style, Max begins his story looking down at something brown in his friend’s toilet. No it’s not what you think. But it is wet and uncomfortable ...
Max is a HUGE fan of the comic superhero Captain Kickbutt. Everyone is super excited about a Captain Kickbutt movie being filmed, right in their small town – but no-one ...
Max isn’t sure what to do when he finds a friend asleep in a toilet cubicle at school. When he learns the reason, he can totally understand it. The new ...
Max definitely does not want to dive into the pool in front of his swimming coach, teacher and rest of his class. He does not see the point in swimming ...
Eleven year old Max is well known for being a Funny Kid. But now he has a different persona in mind. First Kid. Like the First Lady in America, Max ...
Max and his family are off to the snow for a skiing holiday. He has brought his friend Hugo along for the fun, and Abby Purcell (his past nemesis) and ...
Max thinks horror movies are stupid. Why would you pay to go to something that frightens you? Not that he would be scared. It’s make-believe. Just a movie. He vows ...
Max just doesn’t get what the big deal is about soccer. There is one ball, two goals, and eleven people trying to get the ball past the other team and ...
What is Kiwi Health Heroes about? This inspirational book highlights dozens of kiwis (individuals) or NZ organisations that have made significant changes to NZ Health systems. These kiwis aren’t all ...
10 year olds, Aitch, Mo and Ally are best mates. Besides being very different from one another, they get on great. Ally loves reading, with her nose almost always stuck ...
Myra’s home is about to get busier and noisier. Her mum and dad have gone to the hospital to have their new baby. Myra and her big sister are excited ...
A family picnic in the New Zealand bush becomes an adventure for two small dogs called Maddi and Borrie. Being in the bush with their family is exciting for the ...
Herman loves his Uncle Charlie coming to visit. He was once in the Mounties and has exciting stories to share. Uncle Charlie lives on his yacht The Seeker, and knows ...
Juniper has survived the tower challenge the vengeful Arcanists threw at her. People of the Dregs are cheering her name, amazed that one of their own has her own magic ...
Juni is alone. Far from her family, Juni has fled Arkspire after her battle with the Arcanist Enigma. She’s been in the harsh Badlands outside Arkspire, trying to survive on ...
Long ago, Kupe and his people lived on an island in the middle of Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa (Pacific Ocean). All were happy with plenty to eat from plentiful fish stocks in ...
Jack loves to ask questions. He loves learning about the world, and is good at answering questions too, as he is always collecting fascinating facts. His mum and dad get ...
Lucia isn’t sure what to expect when her mother tells her they will be spending the summer in Nantucket at her new boyfriend’s house. Todd is a wealthy real estate ...
Dusty wants blood. She is reeling with this realisation. Until a few days ago, all she wanted to do was find a quiet spot in her home and get lost ...
Kiwi wishes he was in his burrow, with its smells of the bush, worms and dirt. He doesn’t like the dark box he’s in with its old straw, or the ...
Evan has a lot going on in his life. Moving from London has been a big change, but his mum brought Evan and his big brother Charlie to Wales, claiming ...
Roslyn Volk had a tumultuous relationship with her sister Adeline. She revered and hated her in equal measure. Adeline was always volatile, always upset about something and causing trouble in ...
Annaleigh once had 11 sisters. Now there are only 8. Four of her sisters have had untimely deaths, and each time it was thought to be a terrible tragedy or bad ...
Verity Thaumas is now 17 with no memory of the terrible night when a fire swept through their grand Highmoor home of generations, when she was only 5. She also ...
Murray is a cat. He has a very special owner named Fumblethumb. But although his owner is a real wizard (a rubbish one), this story is about Murray and his ...
Murray is a cat. He has a very special owner named Fumblethumb. But although his owner is a real wizard (a rubbish one), this story is about Murray and his very ...