Gloam Island was once a place of games and fun, family and holiday time with their grandmother. Now, siblings, Gwen, Roger, and six-year-old twins, Hazel and Hester cross the tidal ...
Keith may be small, but underneath he is fierce. Big dogs are no match for this feisty fiend on four legs. At home he is treated like a king with ...
When Mina’s plan to steal a body goes terribly wrong, her entire life changes. The body in question was a famous actress, and Mina’s idea was to steal her from ...
The Christchurch earthquake changed many lives. But it saved Alfie’s. As Christchurch rocked, Alfie’s failing heart all but gave up. He’s rushed to hospital and receives a donor heart from ...
Nadia is lost without her best friend Lizzy. It’s been a year since she lost her, and no-one gets how broken Nadia still feels. Her family are the worst, her ...
Murray is woken one day by his best friend Bun sneezing loudly. So loudly and strongly that Bun is flying around the kitchen. When he wakes up properly, Murray can ...
Leah stepped up when their dad passed away. At 17, she is the oldest of the three siblings and as their mother fell apart, Leah held them all together. Now, ...
A young child wakes, wondering what day it is. Learning it’s Monday and a daycare day, she stomps her feet. Mum says, sometimes she doesn’t feel like going to work ...
An elite boarding school with a murder in its past continues with the traditions that caused it. One is called ‘Jan Term’, where eight students are hand picked to attend ...
Entertaining tales told in a traditional fairytale style, with wisdom subtlety hidden amongst the words. There are narratives about Nature, Greed and Positivity woven around a changeling, a tree and ...
Whether you’ve never tried or have had a go, you’ll be completely hooked by the time you’ve finished – Hooked – Learning to Fish. From the author/chef of Go Fish and ...
Merel has escaped her island home of Littleton – the only home she’s ever known. Now a captive aboard a ship with Estelle, she wonders if she’s made a terrible ...
Dragons have been a part of imaginations both young and old for centuries. They have been in stories, myths, legends and songs throughout history. In Leonardo’s Dragon, multi-award winning author ...
Violet Grumble loves music. She has grown up with it all around her and her mum has told her stories about her travels as a bass player in bands. Now ...
Violet and the Velvets are competing at the School BandChamps. Excitement and nerves are all in the mix as the bands prepare for the play off that night. Each band ...
Another stunning production from Ned Barraud and Te Papa Press – Rākau – The Ancient Forests of Aotearoa is many things, all encompassed into this hardback non-fiction picture book. Primarily, ...
A busy mum asks her children to help her and Koro in the kitchen, but they are engrossed on screens. She asks them to pick up their things. Her pleas ...
Toff never knew his mother. The only family he has is his uncle – Goliath Deeds. Goliath is feared and revered on London streets, and Toff feels the same. At ...
Life is different for Kat, now that she’s living with her aunt and uncle. She’s tried fitting in at her new school but hasn’t found any firm friends yet. But ...
It all began with a sticker on a stolen phone. Eli stole it, hoping it would give him something he’s lost. A thrill in the taking? Guilt? Remorse? But just ...
Charlie Hart can’t believe what her bestie Ember has done. She knew Ember was entering a competition which allows the winner to spend a few days with the hottest young ...
As children climb into their beds at night, so do the tūī, the pīwakawaka, and the kererū. But as they all settle, other animals of Aoteroa are just waking up, ...
A Pūkeko detective has a mystery on his hands. “What do you call a Pūkeko with a mystery on his hands?” “Clue-keko.” Readers can follow Detective Pūkeko through the pages ...
A young mouse wakes full of day dreams of what he might be. Will he be an artist? If so, would his mum still scold him for painting on the ...
Written with love from his own childhood memories on a New Zealand farm, Ned Barraud has captured a rural kiwi summer perfectly on the page. For all who have experienced ...
Zeb the Zebra, Marmalade the Penguin and Barry the Lemur are standing in line. This line of animals is very, very, very long and the three friends just happen to ...
Charlie loves hanging out with his whānau, especially his dad. But something’s changed for Charlie lately, and the first person he wants to tell is his pāpā. Pāpā’s response is ...
Nissa can’t stop thinking about it. She may have been famous at home and school for a while, after surviving alone in the rugged bush of Fiordland (NZ), but all ...