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The Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
24 Hours in the Kiwi Bush by Gillian Torckler
$20.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
When night falls and all is quiet, there is a whole world of activity, deep in the heart of our native bush . . . Get up close and personal with the flora and fauna of our country over a 24-hour cycle. Follow the nocturnal kiwi and weta as they scour the forest floor for food in the early hours; flit a ...Show more
Awesome Women Activity Book by Lisa Regan
$15.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
This wonderful activity book will inspire young readers everywhere! Discover the world's most extraordinary women through a host of brilliant practical ways, including brain-teasing puzzles, quizzes, spot-the-difference, art projects, and even sign language learning! All these activities are themed arou ...Show more
Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi by Toby Morris with Ross Calman, Mark Derby & Piripi Walker
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Ground-breaking full-colour graphic novel about Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi. This reorua (bilingual) graphic-novel-style flip book presents important information in a visually appealing and engaging way. The text (in both English and te reo Māori) and illustrations work together to pro ...Show more
Auckland: Kid-Friendly Adventures (Outdoor Kid - Revised) by Outdoor Kid
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Auckland is an amazing region to explore with kids. Clamber up volcanoes, squelch across tidal mudflats or jump on a ferry and zip across the harbour to the country’s youngest volcano, Rangitoto Island. Our completely revised guidebook has 100+ of the best crowd-pleasing favourites to explore. The 2 ...Show more
Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary by Kat Quin; translation by Pānia Papa
$35.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
Beginners Māori Language Picture Dictionary, for the Whole Family. From the #1 bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of the Kuwi the Kiwi series, Kat Quin, comes a large scale, stunningly illustrated visual dictionary. Full of over 1000 basic words in te reo Māori and English, perfect for ...Show more
The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith & Mat Tait
$35.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
The incredible story of Tupaia, Tahitian priest navigator, who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa. Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of ...Show more
Three Kiwi Tales - More fabulous fix-it stories from Wildbase Hospital by Janet Hunt
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North is a very special hospital for very special animals, and in this follow-up to the hugely successful How to Mend a Kea, author Janet Hunt focuses on the tales of three kiwi who have been treated there. The stories are fascinating and touching accounts of their differ ...Show more
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. Vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s and '40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, who thought a woman's place was in the home. Regardless, she went to Cornel ...Show more
Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies
An inspirational graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is teased for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her ‘mophead’. She ties her hair up this way and that way and tries to fit in. Unti ...Show more
No Truth Without Ruth: The Life Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Krull Kathleen
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
From award-winning author Kathleen Krull comes an empowering, inspiring picture book biography--with dazzling illustrations from artist Nancy Zhang--about the second female justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This picture book biography is the story of Ruthless Ruthie, a warrior for equal ...Show more
Space (Beginners Plus) by Louie Stowell
$16.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Beginners Plus
Where does outer space begin? How do rockets work? What do astronauts do all day? This fascinating book for young readers explores the wonders and dangers of space, from the Moon to Mars, the International Space Station and beyond. With colour photographs, easy to read text and internet links to special ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Space Exploration (HB) by Ben Hubbard
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Prepare for blast-off The Complete Guide to Space Exploration is your intergalactic ticket to the greatest journeys ever undertaken by humankind: the exploration of the universe. From the first telescope to the prospect of space tourism in the future, learn all about the history, achievements, practical ...Show more
