Aotearoa New Zealand Books

In the garden, creeping along branches, hiding under stones or flitting from flower to flower, a whole universe of creatures is waiting to be disco...

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

What New Zealand child is not delighted by a rockpool at low tide, with its colourful, fascinating array of creatures, some still, some flitting ab...

Animals of Aotearoa is a must-have compendium for children curious about New Zealand's wild animals. Based on the award-winning and best-selling `E...

'New Zealand's Backyard Birds' is an engaging guide for children on the birds that live in their backyard. Most of the birds we see and hear in our...

Many New Zealand's animals make incredible journeys as part of their everyday lives. In this book from leading author and illustrator Ned Barraud, ...

New Zealand Nature Heroes

In the Garden introduces young children to common creatures they can find in a New Zealand garden. It is the only guide available for young childre...

Golden Eyes is a yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho who lives at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. He makes his nest in the bushes at the base ...

Many New Zealand's animals make incredible journeys as part of their everyday lives. In this new book from leading author and illustrator Ned Barra...

How many types of beetle are there in New Zealand? Can bats see in the dark? Which bird is New Zealand's smallest? No matter how crazy or quirky yo...

What makes the little holes in clay banks and bare earth? Why do swamps smell funny sometimes? What's that little lizard sitting on a rock? No matt...

'If you take the track past the big white shack to the tidal flats where the mud is black If you sneak to the left between the tides you'll find th...

It's March 2020 and Liza, her husband and two teenage children are at home in Auckland in level-four lockdown due to Covid-19. Reflections with her...

In this collection, newly painted for this book, Ray Ching's drawing and painting skills, familiar to New Zealanders through his widely seen painti...

Do fish have ears? How many teeth does a shark have? Are jellyfish made of some kind of jelly? No matter how crazy or quirky your question from the...

Do birds have teeth? How high can a flea jump? Why don't worms have legs? No matter how crazy or quirky your question from the WHICH? to the WHAT? ...

What adult does not delight in engaging with a child when reading a 'look and find' book. Where is it? is an original take on this concept, a New Z...

The sixth title in the award-winning `explore & discover' series, Up the River: Explore & discover New Zealand's rivers, lakes and wetlands...

Under the Ocean introduces young children to the creatures that live in the seas around New Zealand. The book describes different habitats: underwa...

Once, the mighty tohora, or southern right whale, was a common sight in winter off the coast of Aotearoa. But it proved to be an easy target for th...

A war hero who refused to fight, students who stood up to Hitler, a ship that sailed into a nuclear test zone, a whole town which practiced nonviol...

Set in the present, Lucy Iives in a seaside cottage in Eastbourne, near Wellington. Not far away, high on a cliff, is the old Pencarrow Lighthouse....

Ivan is happy enough at Devonport School, but he finds it hard to concentrate, because through the classroom window he can see, gleaming in the har...