Ngake me Whataitai ( Whātaitai ) by Ben Ngaia & Laya Mutton-Rogers
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
This is a traditional story told in te reo Māori from the perspective of the Kāhui Maunga people about Ngake and Whātaitai. These two taniwha inhabited Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington Harbour, long before the ancestral migrations. The story tells how the shape and landscape of Wellington, its harbour a ...Show more
First Hundred Words in Maori by Heather Amery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Tired of boring and drab Maori language learning books? THIS book is bursting with vivid, entertaining illustrations by Stephen Cartwright that will attract even beginner adult learners. The book includes verbs, adjectives, opposites, numbers, colours, shapes, and many, many other vocabulary themes. A ...Show more
Double Cross (#6 Flying Furballs) by Donovan Bixley
$15.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction (Ages 5-8) | Series: Flying Furballs
Flying Furballs, a hilarious action-packed adventure series, captures the romance and excitement of the era at the dawn of aviation - set in a world of cats versus dogs. Put simply, Flying Furballs is pussycats, planes and Paris. Our hero is Claude D'Bonair, a young pilot in the cat air corp, keen to pr ...Show more
Hot Air (#2 Flying Furballs) by Donovan Bixley
$15.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction (Ages 5-8) | Series: Flying Furballs | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
Our hero is Claude D'Bonair, a young pilot in the Cat Air Corp, keen to prove his worth to the older pilots and live up to the memory of his father. Will cats and dogs ever live in harmony again? And will Claude survive with his nine lives intact? In book two, Hot Air, Claude D'Bonair and his friend Syd ...Show more
How Maui Fished up the North Island (#1 Tales of Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph
$20.00 NZD
Category: Paperback | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
In this fresh retelling of How Māui Fished Up the North Island, Donovan Bixley applies his unique twists and trademark humour to this much-treasured story. Māui is reimagined as a cheeky younger brother, on the type of hilarious fishing trip with the whanau that will be familiar to many Kiwi youngsters. ...Show more
The Great Kiwi 123 Book (Board) by Donovan Bixley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Board Books
Now in board book! Here is the ABC like you've never seen it: featuring Donovan Bixley's most popular characters from his uniquely Kiwi 'Wheels on the Bus' and 'Old MacDonald's Farm'. Look out for the milkshake-making cow, the All Black lambs, the cute pink ski-bunny, and the colossal squid and many mor ...Show more
The Great Kiwi 123 Book by Donovan Bixley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Board Books
Here is a counting book like you've never seen: featuring Donovan Bixley's most popular characters from his uniquely Kiwi 'Wheels on the Bus' and 'Old MacDonald's Farm'. Look out for the milkshake-making cow, the All Black lambs, the cute pink ski-bunny, and the colossal squid and many more of Donovan's ...Show more
Maui me te Ahi a Mahuika (#3 Purakau o Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph; Keri Opai
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori | Series: Pūrākau o Aotearoa
Donovan Bixley re-tells the story of how Maui captured the secret of fire. The traditional tale but with Donovan's unique twist and trademark humour. The pictures are bright and bring their own level of humour to the book. Darryn Joseph and Keri Opai ensure that the story is accurate and culturally appr ...Show more
Maui and the Secret of Fire (#3 Tales of Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph; Keri Opai
$20.00 NZD
Category: Paperback | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
In the third of his Maui books, Donovan Bixley re-tells the story of how Maui captured the secret of fire. The traditional tale but with Donovan’s unique twist and trademark humour. The pictures are bright and bring their own level of humour to the book.
He Paki Taonga i a Maui (Maui's Taonga Tales te reo edition) by David Brechin-Smith; Stephanie Tibble
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Fully written in te reo Māori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, the ...Show more
Maui's Taonga Tales by Te Papa Press
$30.00 NZD
Category: Hardback | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, the great Pacific hero and trickste ...Show more
Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep by Victoria Cleal
$30.00 NZD
Category: Animals
A wonderful 32-page illustrated book that dives into the mysterious world of the colossal squid. Through engaging text and glorious images, it tells the story of a colossal squid’s life, from hatching out of a tiny egg to escaping the jaws of a sperm whale and becoming the world’s biggest invertebrate. ...Show more