Children's New Zealand

Told in the first person with the charm of Sesame Street's There's a Monster at the End of this Book. The storyteller takes us on a tour of a charm...

A haunted bedroom holds a dark secret, which a young voice from the past wants to share. A summer vacation turns spooky for friends Joe and Eddie, ...

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

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...

Once there was a big, strong and fierce looking lion called Telulu. But Telulu was scared of everything...even a leaf falling from a tree! When Tel...

Tama the Kiwi Tiki Tours New Zealand is the first of a series of children's books, aimed at inspiring young kids to adopt the adventurous Kiwi spir...

A child listens to Koro and Grandma as they weave a tale about the life and times of the ancient puriri tree Taketakerau, the settlement and develo...

When a boy helps free a dolphin tangled in a discarded fishing net, they develop an unexpected friendship. "Once there was a boy who lived by the s...

Tania Takahe lives on a nature reserve. Rachel the Ranger briners her a new friend, Tania, Tamati Takahe, from across country. The theme of this de...

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...

Author description Dawn McMillan is a much-loved writer of children's books and educational readers, who lives north of Thames. She has enjoyed a ...

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 ...

Snowy is a dog with a difference - an alien canine, with ears where he should have eyes, and eyes in the back of his head. Can a kindly veterinaria...

Table of contents Regions of NZ p.2 Maori regions p.3 Local government p.4 The provinces p.5 Northland p.6 Auckland p.8 Waikato p.10 Bay of Plenty...

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 . . ...

Brownie the cow is being bothered by insects and Perky finds a way to help. General Fields ISBN : 9780473289478 Publisher : Little Fri...

Perky and his friends discover something new in the forest, it was hard and shiny with food scraps around it. But Perky spots an apple core inside ...

Pet is a dark and humorous short story collection that explores our relationships with children, lovers, and other animals. “Hectic, chatty, very m...

"A cow who has a wee pooing problem. When the farmer attempts to take her to the vet much hilarity ensues and in the end we see that her disability...

A small squirrel finds a large yellow pear and decides to make a violin from one half. When he plays his pear violin beautiful music fills the fore...

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...

Ten short stories, and two longer historical ones, bring to life the thrills and challenges of sailing, paddling and travelling on the seas around ...

Junior picture book. Mia is a troublesomw young kea, always getting into mischief. Roger the Ranger has had enough, and with the help of his bird f...