by Margaret Mahy



"Children can sense a good story like a successful Hollywood producer. The classics are classics for a reason." - Guyon Espiner, The . . .

by Alexandra Penfold



I have big feelings. You have them too. How can I help? What can we do? Follow a group of children through a day in their neighbourhood, as they . . .

by Michael Petherick



Plans for the Newtoun community's Waitangi Day celebrations are well under way: Monty and Pete `The Deadly Icedagger' plan a . . .

by Sandra Morris



A New Zealand Nature Journal will teach you how to keep a nature journal to record your amazing discoveries. Have you ever noticed . . .

by Tony Bradman



A gripping historical tale based on a tragic episode of World War One. Bert and his little brother Frank are orphans. Determined to stay . . .

by School of Life



Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions about time, mortality, happiness and . . .

by Jewell Parker Rhodes



Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in . . .

by Leonie Agnew



Set in 1978 against the Bastion Point occupation, Conrad Cooper's Last Stand is junior fiction full of humour but with a powerful . . .

by David Hill



A family boards a ship bound for New Zealand. What will they find there? Tests lie ahead – war, earthquakes, protest marches, brushes with . . .

by Ned Barraud



From Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed 'explore & discover' series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in . . .

by Oliver Jeffers



Well, hello. And welcome to this Planet. We call it Earth. Our world can be a bewildering place. . .

by Bob Graham



A story of hope and compassion in a big city — from Australian picture book master, Bob Graham. In the busy city, no one sees the bird with a broken . . .