Children's Books > NZ 0-5 years

Reading age 7 to 11 yrs. This book is written from the point of view of the airplane, and it tells its own story to the reader, from its assembly in a factory in Florida, to its arrival in New Zealand. There is an explanation for each word which may be outside a child's normal vocabulary range. This book will appeal to many children, including reluctant readers who are bored with traditional 'picture books'.

Little Baa Baa is bored so he decides to play a practical joke, telling Quirky Turkey that the pile of round, brown things on the ground are "Smarty Tablets". Who is smarter, sheep or turkey?

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. Written in rhyme. Includes sheet music of song inside cover.

Winner of the Children's Choice Award, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010. Craig Smith's song, The Wonky Donkey, won an APRA Silver Scroll Award in 2008 for Best Children's Song of the Year. This is a paperback book and CD set of the award-winning song The Wonky Donkey with hilarious illustrations that will have you laughing out loud! In the very funny, cumulative song, each page tells us something new about the donkey until we end up with a "spunky, hanky-panky cranky stinky dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey".... read more

Perky the Pukeko is back in this delightful rhyming story, and this time he has company. Of the small, fluffy kind. Perky's a good dad, taking care of his chicks, but when one of them gets sick he needs the help of Daisy and her Gran to sort it out.

The Little Yellow Digger is brought in to the local primary school to dig a swimming pool. Unfortunately the Little Digger hits a water main, almost drowning the Principal in the process. Since the school is now without water the students are packed off to the nearby beach for the afternoon, much to their delight.While they are away, the council workers fix the problem and the Little Yellow Digger goes on to finish the hole for the new pool. But everyone remembers the day the digger came to school.

A new adventure for the Little Yellow Digger in this fifth title in the series. Betty and Alan Gilderdale have combined two all-time favourite subjects in this picture book - diggers and dinosaurs. This time the digger is working on a road slip when a cave is uncovered, revealing the interesting bones of a strange creature, long since extinct.

This is the ideal book for the youngest All Blacks fans of all. This durable board book is in the shape of a rugby ball and is the perfect introduction to New Zealand's favourite sports team.

This picture book is about cousins' holidays in a rural Maori community having adventures and fun together - playing in the bush, riding horses, fishing, eeling and swimming at the beach. During the holiday, a death leads to a rahui being placed on the beach. After a year, the rahui is lifted, and they return to the beach full of life and with their cousin in their hearts. The feeling of the book is joyous and wistful, and the illustrations richly evoke the atmosphere of the setting and people.

When you take afternoon tea with Miss Tilly, there is no knowing where you will end up: from ancient Egypt to outer space, via Atlantis and Loch Ness... What is for sure is that you’ll have one amazing ride and a generous helping of fun! A feast of the imagination illustrated by award-winning, internationally acclaimed Philip Webb

A delightful rhyming story about friendship.

Reading age 3 to 6 yrs. Abigail the Fantail can't keep still and will not stop to have a rest when her mother tells het to. One day she follows some children and gets lost. Abbey spends a night in the forest alone and frightened. Will she find her way back home again? Writeen in rhymes.

Joe the Kakapo lives all on his own on an island way down south. One night he went exploring and fell down a slippery track - poor stranded Joe had broken his toe. Who will come and rescue him? A story about helping.

The story of a school camp, lost children and Molly the Morepork. Told in rhyme.

A delightful rhyming story about caring.

When digging out a drain, The Little Yellow Digger gets stuck in the mud. So they bring in a bigger digger but it gets stuck too... Betty Gilderdale wrote The Little Yellow Digger after a similar situation occurred at her daughter's home. Illustrations by Alan Gilderdale. This best-selling New Zealand picture book was shortlisted for the 1993 AIM Picture Book of the Year award.

With a big juicy bone from Samuel Stone Hairy Maclary sets of for the dairy. But his friends want to share his tasty new bone. Hairy Maclary has other ideas.

A warm and joyful tale about the special relationship between parent and child.

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 development of New Zealand, and world events that happened over the last 2000 years. Taketakerau still lives in a fine stand of native bush in the Hukutaia Domain, ten kilometres inland from Opotiki, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Silent night. Deep in a lonely forest, the wind moans softly. Tall trees creak. Leaves rustle. Eerie clouds soar across the stars. Wide eyes blink fro... read more

Angelina wants to be as good as the older ballerinas - NOW! She might have to learn to wait for her dreams to come true. Each storybook comes with over 50 gorgeous mini stickers!