Duffy is looking forward to rugby practice after school. There’s an important game coming up against the Tūī’s who beat Duffy’s team the year before. Their coach is pushing them ...
It’s Ignacio’s (Iggy) first day of High School and his popular big brother gives him some advice, which boils down to – don’t embarrass him. From the very first day, ...
Aisha and her mother have carried on living after Aisha’s 19 year old sister June, left. It’s been hard for Aisha because she really needed her sister at this time. ...
Juno is angry at her mum. She has gone away and left Juno with her grandfather for the summer. There is nothing exactly wrong with her grandfather. He is kind ...
Tru lives to dive. Living in Mount Orange with its crystal clear mineral springs, Tru has learnt to free dive far below the surface. It’s the only place she can feel completely ...
Hettie didn’t mean to. She’s really glad it worked, but she didn’t mean for her storm wish to be quite so… stormy! But when the sky had stopped being so ...
Taking the family dog Patti for a walk one night changed everything for Alex Lee. Watching the night sky, she noticed a star behaving strangely. It seemed to be moving. ...
Lucas is looking forward to a movie marathon with fellow movie buffs Ash and Finn. Armed with hours worth of snacks, they enter the darkened cinema. Lucas isn’t happy that ...
Now Sawyer knows who her father is doesn’t make things much easier. She can’t reveal the truth to Lily who thinks Sawyer is her cousin, because she doesn’t want to ...
Sal’s dad is an accomplished horseman, effortlessly rounding up cows on the farm. Sal has her own horse, and she loves spending time on him, all while wishing she could ...
Disaster has struck! Mr Spyros the PE teacher has lost the key to the PE shed. That not only means, no footballs, rugby balls or hoola hoops – but having ...
Isla loves looking through her mum’s treasures. There are shoes and hats and scarves. Letters, bags and beads. But the most special of all is a blue tin decorated with ...
What an absolutely delightful book! We are made up of a plethora of feelings and states of mind, and What Feelings do When No One’s Looking is positively adorable. Each ...
Shackleton is excited about his best friend Amelia coming to stay the night. It’s their first sleepover and with their parents, they walk through the park between their homes to ...
Wren and her brother Finch are the same age without being twins. Born so close together they have been close in every other aspect of their lives. But where Finch ...
Bea’s birthday isn’t far away. She’s been crossing off the days on the kitchen calendar, counting down. There is so much to look forward to! Grandma, Bampi and all her ...
Emma loves her big brother Carlo fiercely, spending much of her time with him. Born deaf and blind in one eye, Carlo still attends school with a sharp mind, wanting ...
Chirpy lives in a chicken coop with her friends. They have always been content to peck and play within the coop, but Chirpy spends hours gazing through the chicken wire, ...
Tuva is sad that the summer holidays are almost over, but excited at seeing her best friends Bao and Linnea. Tuva has given herself a list of things to achieve ...
The book came wrapped in brown paper and string addressed to Archibald Pages. But as soon as he touched the strange book he felt unwell, went to lie down, and ...
Max is fine with her face, but aged about 8 or 9, her teeth decided to change direction and pretty much do what they want. This has resulted in braces ...
Twins, Jacob and Kira have always been different. With a Ugandan mum and an English dad, they have grown up in Uganda. Their light brown skin and striking blue eyes ...
Eye Spy with my little eye Stanley knew a trip into the Welsh countryside with his class would be a different experience, but he didn’t know it would change his ...
Axel has an Axolotl. Never heard of an Axolotl? These are creatures that look half fish, half frog, with some lizard thrown in. Axel loves his large white axolotl named ...
Max looks up to his big brother Christopher, so when he tells him of a pirate captain from a magical world called Darksea, Max believes him. They’ve waited to catch ...
Deep inside a forest of towering trees and ferns, something is sleeping. Small ferns and leaf litter are scattered around a dark hole in a log at the base of ...
Toes! We can all look down and see our own, wherever we are in the world, but Island Toes is a celebration of Pacific Island Toes. They are tan or ...
The sun has nearly set and people, animals and birds begin to settle down to sleep. Not all birds sleep at night however. Ruru is just waking up after sleeping ...
Pig is very happy living on her farm with mud puddles to roll in and apples to crunch on. One day the skies darken and it begins to rain, and ...