Step back in time to when … “New Zealand was a land of lush forest, with only the mountain tops .....
Fly is under the control of Black Bill who runs a group of street urchins. Being small, Fly is the .....
On the day WWI broke out, New Zealander Captain Frank Worsley set off on an adventure of a lifetime. He .....
Billy loves using his metal detector in his back garden, and although his beloved pull tab collection is growing, he .....
Julian is older now and attends a new school. He has a project for his Humanities class that requires him .....
They’re back in a brand new episode – No. 38! After 60 years, we meet the series’ first female heroine, .....
Before the settlers, before Captain Cook, Abel Tasman, or any Pacific explorers reached NZ shores – Aotearoa was covered in .....
Did you know you have something in common with Southern Right Whales? They have two plates of bristles that hang .....
Six teens are pulled together by their leader Kaz Brekker to perform the most dangerous, outrageous, death-defying theft. Are they .....
This book should be read by all New Zealanders to help understand our history from as far back as 1769. .....
A young man called Tupaia was born in Ra’iatea. As he grew he’d learned the way of the stars and .....
Thomas Duncan is so proud of his older brother Jim. He is a soldier training in Egypt with thousands of .....
Christopher, his mum and brother Anton have arrived at the end of nowhere, 12,000 miles from home. This is their .....
When a stranger arrives in the Crafty Trout Tavern, looking for Captain Catnip, no-one suspects any trouble. But trouble arrives .....
Not many kiwis know about our very own dinosaur hunter, Joan Wiffen. As a wife and mother, and with no .....
Bobby is a bright yellow canary, looked after by a young soldier called Jack. Jack is part of a team .....
Vita and her mum are visiting New York to convince her beloved Grandfather to return to the UK with them. .....
Three short stories – two with familiar settings, and a brand new tale A young boy and his sister are .....
Rose is thirteen, born into a wealthy family with 7 children. Her father is an accomplished artist, her mother Scottish .....
Ben Huntsmore loves his home on Badger’s Hill (his mother’s ancestral family estate in England.) He has many friends, a .....
Acclaimed Cat airman Claude D’Bonair is still fighting the fight against the DOGZ army. He’s taking a break in London .....
The war is over! Bands march down the streets. People cheer from the footpaths. Others wave flags in celebration. Rita, .....
Bess grew up in Martinborough, happy and healthy and surrounded by other horses in grassy paddocks. Things changed for Bess .....
Hugo lives a secret life inside a train station. His days are kept busy as he maintains more than 2o .....
Peter is having fun with his mates when his Mum, Dad and sister leave for a visit to the other .....
Britain is at war. London children need to be evacuated for their safety, but Ada’s mother says she’ll have to .....
Kaz Brekker and his crew are bristling with anger and out for revenge – no matter what. This revenge is .....
Mole is fed up with housework one day, and he sets off up his tunnel and outside into the sunshine. .....






























