Critters of Aotearoa: 50 Bizarre But Lovable Members of Our Wildlife Community by Nicola Toki, Lily Duval
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
Meet some of our most curious critters, from the popular Radio New Zealand podcast with Nicola Toki and Jesse Mulligan. Slimy, stinky, creepy, crawly and gross . . . but also a little bit cute! Discover New Zealand's most curious creatures - from Smeagol the gravel maggot, to the walking worm and the d ...Show more
101 Collective Nouns by Jennifer Cossins
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
"A beautifully illustrated picture book featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun - from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator of A-Z of Endangered Animals. A tribe of kiwis? A smack of jellyfish? A wisdom of wombats? Come along an illustrated journey ...Show more
Does It Fart? The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence by Dani Rabaiotti; Nick Caruso
$28.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The ultimate guide to animal flatulence: the perfect gift for anyone who has ever farted. Dogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it: I do it. Octopuses don't (and nor do octopi). Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don't do it, but they could i ...Show more
Rustle!: Donovan Bixley's Plants of Aotearoa by Donovan Bixley
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Donvoan Bixley's Aotearoa
Spiky plants, spicy plants, iconic plants, indestructible plants, useful plants, and New Zealand's giants of the forest!Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.
A First Book of New Zealand Backyard Bird Songs by Gessel, Fred Van
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
This beautifully illustrated sound guide is the perfect way to introduce both children and adults to the wonders of bird song. Each of the 12 species covered - Morepork, kaka, Sacred Kingfisher, Grey Warbler, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui, Fantail, Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Blackbird and Starling - has a short ...Show more
Absolutely Everything! Revised and Expanded: A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention by Christopher Lloyd
$48.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
The most remarkable true stories of all time and around the world brought vividly to life – from the Big Bang right up to the present day.Embark on a journey across millennia and around the world, from the latest understanding of the origins of the universe, the birth of the Earth, the very first life, ...Show more
Animals (Everything You Need to Know About...) by Nicola Davies
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Everything You Need to Know About... | Reading Level: 6
Readers' imaginations will be fired on every page with this wonderful single-volume animal encyclopedia. The book is arranged into five chapters that explore the huge variety in the animal kingdom, how they get around, how they eat, animal senses and reproduction. A range of informative and interactive ...Show more
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s OF FACTS & FIGURES – about Earth, space, animals, the body, technology & more – REVEALED IN PICTURES by Andrew Pettie, Conrad Quilty-Harper
$63.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
An awe-inspiring encyclopedia with more than 200 original infographic illustrations – the perfect book for visual learners. This authoritative visual encyclopedia reveals astonishing information about space, Earth, animals, humans and technology through illustrations and graphics (and not too many word ...Show more
Butterflies by David Hawcock
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
with expert papercraft and accessible information in one fun volume.
Canterbury Quake: Christchurch, 2010-11 (My New Zealand Story) by Desna Wallace
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
Anyone would think Maddy's world had crumbled when she didn't get a cell phone for her eleventh birthday. But Maddy soon has far more important things to worry about. In the dark of night, with a terrifying rumble and a deafening roar, the world turns upside down! Suddenly, words like 'liquefaction', 'a ...Show more
Frida Kahlo (Little People Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Eng Gee Fan
$23.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo, the world-renowned painter.When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, ...Show more
Helen Keller (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of Helen Keller. Little Helen was curious and eager to learn about the world. After contracting an illness during childhood, she became deaf and blind at the age of one and ...Show more