Sam likes his afro, even if he gets bullied over it. One boy in particular loves to grab Sam’s hair .....
Lucas knows he’s got to do something, and fast. His small rural school is going to close, and he and .....
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Avis’ life has changed now that her mum and brother Bruno have moved to Australia to live with Mum’s new .....
Nine chickens in a tree, soundly sleeping as the sun begins to rise. The rooster lets them all know it’s .....
Atama is worried about his dad going away to Vietnam. Dad is a radio operator in the NZ Army, and .....
Liam King (17) can’t believe his luck. A guy from school has chosen him to be his boyfriend. This isn’t .....
A teacher stands with her students under a vast skyscape, clouds skudding across it. She urges them to look up .....
After a dinner of cabbage and peas, there is a rumble. There is a roar. But this is something that’s .....
She’s home. Her parents are gone and Brooke has returned to live in her childhood home after 10 years away. .....
Nolan Hawker is used to moving around a lot with his mum being a travelling IT consultant. He’s been in .....
It’s Dad’s birthday – but there is a problem! Nova has been working hard on a portrait picture for her .....
Grimmelings are the beginning of the last gleams of the day. Ella has learnt this from her Scottish grandmother who .....
Misty can’t wait to get back to school after the school holidays. She missed her two best friends, Ruby and .....
It was hard being away from Bear. Living back in the UK with her dad in a house by the .....
New Zealand is famous for our scientists. There was Ernest Rutherford and William Pickering. There was also a stellar woman .....
Rangi enjoys practising haka with the other boys in his class at school. They are preparing for their end of .....
Roz the robot is happy back in her island home, especially when her gosling son, Brightbill returns with his flock .....
Peter lives with his grandfather now that his mum has gone. Grandfather hovers over Peter, worried for him constantly. He .....
Stanley isn’t looking forward to his first day of school. His plan to act invisible doesn’t go well as his .....
Boo has a vivid imagination, turning everyday things and pastimes into battles with monsters, visiting fairy kingdoms or going on .....
Maggie is NOT happy. Her mum has told nine-year-old Maggie and her five-year-old sister Lily that they are moving from .....
Grace loves doing magic. Ever since her Uncle showed her some magic tricks when she was younger, she’s spent all .....
Shenanigan Swift is part of a very special family. When you are born a Swift, your mother is passed The .....
Now that Eve, Tom and Clovis have had some supernatural experience under their belts, they are introduced to a secret .....
Brock Nick & Kenny live with their dad, and life is rough. With Mum gone and Dad looking as if .....