Hairy Maclary and Friends: Six Rollicking Stories by Lynley Dodd
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary
This special collection contains six of Hairy Maclary's rollicking adventures: Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy Hairy Maclary's Bone Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks. www.hairymaclary.com
Hairy Maclary Book and Toy Set by Lynley Dodd
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary
Out of the Gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy This very special boxed set contains a hardback edition of the internationally bestselling Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and a cuddly soft toy of the roguish Hairy Maclary himself. With the classic Hairy Maclary story an ...Show more
Matariki The Maori New Year by Libby Hakaraia
Category: NZ Picture Books
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Māori calendar, and its rising before the sun in late May or early June was gree ...Show more
Hairy Maclary Scattercat by Lynley Dodd, Lynley Dodd
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends | Reading Level: very good
In SCATTERCAT, Hairy encounters the ferocious Scarface Claw, who "bothered and bustled him, rustled and hustled him, raced him and chased him all the way home."
Heroes by Alan Gratz
Category: NZ Picture Books
December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war and the ...Show more
Mum for Sale by Zanni Louise
Category: NZ Picture Books
Errol’s mum won’t get off the phone. So there’s only one thing for Errol to do ... Find out what happens when cheeky Errol puts his mum up for sale!
Ruby Loud Mouse and the Ruru by Alice Pearce
Category: NZ Picture Books
The saying 'as quiet as a mouse' does NOT apply to Ruby Loud Mouse. Ruby finds it super tricky to stay SILENT in movies, to WHISPER in the library, or to keep QUIET on the school trip to the marae. In fact, Ruby is SO LOUD everyone is always telling her to 'sssshhhh!'. But when her village is under AT ...Show more
Run, Rabbit: Swimming Hole, the / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Hopua Kaukau (Bilingual Edition) by Norah Wilson, Kimberley Andrews, Pānia Papa
Category: NZ Picture Books
Rapeti's friends are having fun at the swimming hole, but Rapeti is too afraid to get in the water. Can Mum help? Can little rabbit be brave enough? These bilingual books with very simple text offer an accessible introduction to basic reo Maori vocabulary for young readers and their whanau. Kimberly And ...Show more
Run, Rabbit: Treasure Hunt / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Rapu Kura (Bilingual Edition) by Norah Wilson, Kimberley Andrews, Pānia Papa
Category: NZ Picture Books
Join Rapeti and friends as they embark on a hunt in the outdoors to find their treasure ... which may come as a surprise to readers! These bilingual books with very simple text offer an accessible introduction to basic reo Maori vocabulary for young readers and their whanau. Kimberly Andrews soft waterc ...Show more
Run, Rabbit: Cake Bake / E Oma, Rapeti: Te Tunu Keke (Bilingual Edition) by Norah Wilson
Category: NZ Picture Books
Little Rapeti mixes all the ingredients together to bake a cake ... then impatiently waits and waits and waits for it to be cooked. These bilingual books with very simple text offer an accessible introduction to basic reo Maori vocabulary for young readers and their whanau. Kimberly Andrews soft waterco ...Show more
Queen of the Cosmos - Beatrice Hill Tinsley by Maria Gill; Alistair Hughes (Illustrator)
Category: NZ Picture Books
Beatrice Hill Tinsley lived every day as if she was on borrowed time. Over her short time on Earth, she was determined to further the world's knowledge of the stars and galaxies. But it was not easy being a female scientist in those times. She would have to make a heartbreaking decision in order to foll ...Show more
The Stinky Wonky Donkey (HB) by Craig Smith
Category: NZ Picture Books
The whiffy Wonky Donkey is back, and this time he is playing an outrageous bad Dad joke on Dinky. As Wonky listened, his face was deadpan, but he was devising an outrageous plan! Dinky Donkey loves hooved animals so much, Wonky Donkey poses the question to her: “Are you hoof-hearted?” Hilarity ensues as ...Show more