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Margaret Mahy
It’s just an ordinary, boring day - Monty’s dad is worrying about his broken-down car, Monty’s mum is honing her jigsaw puzzle skills so that she can win the National…
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Monty is allergic to ghosts: if there’s one around he sneezes. That’s how he discovers Lulu haunting an old vintage car at the bottom of the garden. And as soon…
Captain Lionel Wafer and his fellow-pirates - Toad, Brace-and-Bit and Winkle - are no ordinary ruffians. Clinging to the belief that life should be simple, free and unplanned they set…
Mr. Winkle makes himself a delicious stew one day in his big, brown pot. Not one to keep a good thing to himself, hes desperate to share his stew, so…
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In a small village, a kitten has climbed the Christmas tree. First the cat goes to the kitten’s rescue, then the dog, then the goat, then the pigs–but they all…
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New edition of a classic tale from one of the 20th century’s bestselling children’s authors.
Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun.
Three short stories, all featuring weird and wonderful animals with illustrations by Tony Ross.
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The Terrapin boys’ babysitter turns out to be a pirate.
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Norvin is a boy who looks like a shark. When he straps a homemade dorsal fin to his back, all the other swimmers rush to the beach. He loves having…
When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and…
This is a fantasy story about a boy who is asked by a witch to look after her shadow whilst she goes on holiday. But the witch’s shadow begins to…
‘Shall we just walk along, Dad, or shall we make some of it up?’
Join Michael and his over-worked dad as they journey home one fun-filled afternoon.
Overflowing with imagination…
Margaret Mahy's magic-filled story There's A King in the Cupboard is a wonderous picture book with illustrations from the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Winner Minrui Yang.
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Jeanne Willis
A tale of Georgie Grub Who would not give himself a scrub. No matter how his mother tried. When she said ‘soap’, he’d run and hide. But Georgie meets a…
Lynne Rickards
Japanese edition of Pink! by Lynne Rickards. 2009 Royal Mail Award winner.
Andrew Weale
Join one newt in a suit, two flies in ties, three cockatoos in shoes, four apes in capes, five pigs in wigs, six ants in pants, seven bats in hats…
Marlene McKean does not eat the color green. She turns up her nose at broccoli, peas, and sprouts, offending her parents and the lunch ladies. But when a countess invites…
Craig Pomranz
A delightful and gently revolutionary picture book that challenges our absurd notions about what constitutes ‘normal’ or ‘appropriate’.
Floella Benjamin
Alvina’s two grannies want to do different things, but Alvina thinks of a way they can compromise so the grannies can become the best of friends.
Patrick wakes up one day to find he’s turned pink overnight. But boys can’t be pink! Feeling teased and left out, poor Patrick runs away in search of pink playmates…
A humorous look at fussy eating and a must-have for all children who don’t eat their greens!
A great companion to this high-profile author’s bestselling picture book My Two Grannies
Kaye Umansky
A rhyming picture book in which a group of children prepare for a party. The bright, action-packed illustrations feature all kinds of delicious food.
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Brave Tim agrees to look after Rosa’s pets. He isn’t afraid of vultures or wolfhounds, or even…
Ellen Murray Chamberlain
How do they do it? Join the rabbits on their annual eggs-travaganza as they go to the ends of the earth to gather A Zillion Eggs For Easter!
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Candy Gourlay
Animal Tricksters retells three folk tales about animal tricksters. Hare has an impossible task to do. Monkey faces twenty crocodiles to get the sweetest mangoes in the world. Coyote wants…
