Children's Books

This book follows a curious green gecko as it scavenges for food, facing other predators as it explores the bush. It also includes factual informat...

Author description Robyn Kahukiwa (Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti) is one of Aotearoa/New Zealand's most important contemporary Maori artists. H...

On holiday near Rotorua, Joe and Eddie are fascinated by the area's bubbling mud pools and boiling geysers. Local volcanologist Rocky tells them ab...

The story of the police service in New Zealand and a look at the full range of services to the community that the police provide. General Fields ...

General Fields ISBN : 9781869631574 Publisher : Waiatarua Publishing Imprint : Waiatarua Publishing Dimensions : 255mm X ...

The New Zealand Bumblebee Conservation Trust is delighted to be associated with the publication and message of this book by Rachel Weston. Welcome ...

Who knew eating could be such fun... or so messy! Elephant's birthday party is one big yummy, sticky, gooey and funny feast. Scrumptiously silly il...

Tere the Tui and Taitu the Takahe are two very different sorts of birds: one loves to flit and twirl about in the sky, while the other prefers to r...

A young boy visits a moa at the museum, and imagines what it would be like if Noah the Moa came back to life, taking him back into the past. Writte...

A curious squirrel climbs down from his tree and decides to build a house on the ground. Each morning when he wakes his new house has moved and he ...

Author description Tim Tipene is the award-winning author of children's picture books and junior novels including Bullies and Warriors and Taming ...

I need a new bum! Mine's got a crack. I can see in the mirror a crack in the back. What to do when you need a new bum? Should you get one that's bl...

Have you ever wanted to draw a kiwi or a falcon or a gannet? Draw New Zealand Birds shows a step-by-step approach to drawing. With a few materials,...

Translated and with a critical introduction by Deborah Walker-Morrison and Raylene Ramsay. Young Léna's quest is to gain an awarehness of a repr...

Will the Peace Way succeed? East of the Black Sea, c.300 BC: Fifteen-year-old Melo is one of the most gifted Riders in the Wild Horse Tribe, destin...

Alyssa is a combat-trained sixteen-year-old from New Zealand. She's courageous, ambitious and highly skilled; she needs to be, because she's headin...

Villains, beware! Superhero Levi is here! One day I heard a cry for help. I stopped what I was doing and looked around, searching with my powerful ...

This is the true story of a feisty little otter who escaped from Auckland Zoo. For several weeks, New Zealand was gripped by otter fever as Jin was...

Scared of the Dark? It's Really Scared of You is a picture book that playfully unpacks a common childhood fear. You may be afraid of the dark . . ...

When Hollybee finds a brush in a bucket, she thinks she’s found the perfect solution. But things don’t go as planned. Maddie Mouse, Basil Bunny and...

The 'Call For the Ambulance' Book featuring the catchy #1 Hit '111 Ambulance Song' will save lives, by empowering children with the knowledge of ho...

Maori edition of Superhero Levi! Villains, beware! Superhero Levi is here! One day I heard a cry for help. I stopped what I was doing and looked ar...

Katherine Mansfield's iconic story of prejudice and injustice, The Doll's House, is introduced to a younger audience in this picture book edition, ...

When Anastasia's movie director father invites Joe and the gang to hang out with the stars on location near Queenstown, they soon discover there's ...