A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean
$17.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Praised by Newbery Medal–winning author Katherine Applegate as "graceful" and "miraculous," this Schneider Family Book Award–winning novel tells how one girl's friendship with a homeless dog mends a family's heart. Cally Fisher knows she can see her dead mother, but the only other living soul who does ...Show more
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
$20.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
The heart-warming new story about family and friendships from Newbery Medal-winner Katherine Applegate. Life is tough for ten-year-old Jackson. The landlord is often at the door, there's not much food in the fridge and he's worried that any day now the family will have to move out of their home. Again. ...Show more
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
$17.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Paddington | Reading Level: From 4 To 7
The original story of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! “A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.”Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Sinc ...Show more
Guff (HB) by Aaron Blabey
$21.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
This is my Guff.He's really nice.I've known him since I was little.And I still know him even now I'm big...A funny and delightful picture book for 4+ for anyone who's ever had a little fabric friend. From the award-winning and best-selling author, Aaron Blabey.
Grandma Z by Daniel Gray-Barnett
$30.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Reading Level: very good
On an ordinary day, in an even more ordinary town, it was Albert's birthday. When Grandma Z roars into town on her motorcycle, Albert is swept up in a very extraordinary adventure. This glorious debut from Daniel Gray-Barnett is filled with wonder, imagination, and a wild, magical spirit that will thril ...Show more
The Brothers Quibble by Aaron Blabey
$21.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
Spalding Quibble ruled the roost. He shared it with no other. But then his parents introduced a brand new baby brother. Uh oh. A book about love (and war) from the award-winning author of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, The Dreadful Fluff, and Noah Dreary.
The Boy Who Was Followed Home by Margaret Mahy
$21.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
When a hippo follows him home, Robert is pleased - but his parents are not! As more and more hippos crowd into the garden they turn to a witch for help. Detailed line and pastel drawings and a deliciously understated text combine in a very funny picture book.
Battle of the Mountains by Peter Gossage
$20.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
Three mountains battle against Tongariro to win the love of his wife, Pihanga. Find out how Tongariro banishes Taranaki, Tauhara and Putau to the positions they stand in today when he overcomes their approaches to Pihanga. Make the mountains using the outlines in the back of this book, and fight your ow ...Show more
Wizzil by William Steig
$19.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
Wizzil the witch is bored stiff and out to cause trouble at Frimp Farm. Little does she know that she will meet her match in Mr DeWitt Frimp. As the two compete in the battle of revenge, they soon realise that there's more to life ...Two masters of picture books, William Steig and Quentin Blake, have co ...Show more
Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox
$20.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Fox, Mem
These monkeys are on the move A playful, rhyming picture book from an award-winning team. Two little monkeys playing near a tree, One named Cheeky, and one named Chee. Look out, Cheeky Look out, Chee Someone's prowling--who could it be?Can two clever monkeys outwit a hungry creature who's on the pro ...Show more
The Tales of Mr Walker (HB) by Jess Black & Sara Acton (Illustrator)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: MR WALKER | Reading Level: 7.5 Kids First Reader
On a brilliant autumn's day, Mr Walker arrives at the grandest hotel in town. While things get off to a wobbly start, this charming labrador is determined to put his best paw forward. And it's just as well because the most unexpected adventures await . . The Tales of Mr Walker contains four delightful s ...Show more
Shrek! by William Steig
$19.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
Read the book that inspired the famous film franchise in this wonderfully funny picture book. Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig's SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and ...Show more