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9780723264484
Peter Rabbit: Show Me Your Ears! order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Hardback
Author: Beatrix Potter
Identifying different parts of the body is one of the first things young children learn to do. This book reinforces and expands this vital skill. Sharing it will help children understand the similarities and differences between themselves and their favourite characters. The simple text is enhanced by a variety of different touch and feel materials. With plenty to look at and talk about on every page, this book is a real delight. The attractive Potter artwork of Peter Rabbit and his friends is loved by all ages. Each spread features a favourite character with simple rhythmic words reflecting the charm of Potter's stories. Children will clamour to read this book again and again, and parents will be happy to agree.
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9781409508632
1001 Things to Spot on the Farm order quantity
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NZ$ 24.99 each
Hardback
Author: Gillian Doherty
From shearing the sheep to driving the cattle herds, children will love finding the variety of animals and objects on farms around the world in this new edition of this popular picture puzzle book. Bright, busy scenes showing different aspects of life on the farm provide plenty of material for both readers and pre-readers to talk about. Simple text and eye-catching illustrations combine to help children develop skills in reading, counting, matching and identification.
Counting sheep has never been so much fun.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869507916
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Paperback
Author: Susan Brocker
This is the true story of the courage and loyalty of the Kiwi war horses of the First World War.
Every ANZAC Day we celebrate our heroes. Until now the story of the loyal horses who carried our troops in the desert war of WWI has remained untold. This is their story - and the story of Bess, the only horse to return to New Zealand from the Middle East. Bess and her companions overcame their fear, standing by their masters in the battlefield, in harsh desert conditions. Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses tells the tale of these valiant horses and the essential part they played in the war.
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9781409509943
Easter Sticker Book order quantity
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NZ$ 14.99 each
Paperback
Author: Fiona Watt
A sticker book for Easter. It is full of fun scenes including an Easter egg hunt, nesting birds and eggs to decorate.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781409516798
Farm (Usborne Cot Books) order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Other Book
Author: Illustrated by Stella Baggott
A delightful cot book for babies with a farm theme. On one side the pictures have strong contrasts for stimulating vision during the first months, and a bright, colourful farm scene frieze is on the other side for older babies.
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9781921564734
Fossil Fury (Zac Power #22) order quantity
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NZ$ 11.99 each
Paperback
Author: H. I. Larry
Zac knows the dinosaurs died out millions of years ago. So why would a crazy scientist claim that he's brought one back to life?
 
ISBN / ISSN:
9781921690020
Shock Music (Zac Power #23) order quantity
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NZ$ 11.99 each
Paperback
Author: H. I. Larry
Has Zac's favourite band turned evil? On Zac's latest mission, he'll have to use all his awesome rock star skills to work out what's going on.
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9781869508524
The Haystack order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Paperback
Author: Jack Lasenby
It's the 1930s Depression, and Maggie is growing up without a mother in the little Waikato dairying township of Waharoa. Maggie has to make do with her father's friends, neighbours, and an old biddy who should know better but can't help herself. Maggie torments the boy down the road, sets fire to the dunny, helps with half the district to build a haystack, and sees the tragedy of unemployment. Along the way, Maggie makes new friends and receives kindness and help in learning what a girl needs to know.
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9781409507314
The Usborne Big Book of Big Machines : and Some Little Ones Too order quantity
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NZ$ 29.99 each
Hardback
Author: Minna Lacey Illustrated by Gabriele Antonini
Open the huge fold-out pages to discover some of the world's biggest machines found on building sites, farms, airports and dockyards including one of the biggest machines ever, the bucket-wheel excavator used in mining.
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9780060530525
Ten Little Eggs order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Hardback
Author: Jean Marzollo
Count down as the ten little eggs disappear one by one and become ten beautiful birds.
 
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9781741695519
Battlefield order quantity
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NZ$ 18.99 each
Paperback
Author: Alan Tucker
Barry Blacker is obsessed with being a soldier. He is desperate to join the army like his older brother Jack, who is in a Japanese POW camp. Ages 10+.
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9781741690354
Conspiracy 365 Book 3 : March order quantity
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NZ$ 17.99 each
Paperback
Author: Gabrielle Lord
Trapped with a train bearing down on him, Cal's chances of survival look grim. The cops and criminal gangs are unrelenting - they want him behind bars or dead.
The stakes are getting higher and Callum Ormond has been warned. He has 306 days. The clock is ticking, and any second could be his last.
The third book in the 12 month Conspiracy series.
Go to www.conspiracy365.com to win prizes.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781591747451
Fashion Origami : Fold Dazzling Designs (Klutz) order quantity
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NZ$ 34.99 each
Spiral bound
Author: Eva Steele-Saccio
Aspiring designers can learn how to take origami folds to the next level with this new Klutz title that brings the art of origami to the world of fashion. With a few simple folds learn how to turn single sheets of paper into stylish geometric fashions that are anything but flat. Super-clear, step-by-step instructions show how to fold 10 unique pieces, from party dresses and skirts to pajamas and purses. The results are cute, cool, and uniquely dimensional. Included with the book are 80 sheets of pretty patterned that give each project an up-to-date look influenced by the pop appeal of Japanese fashion. Also included are sparkly sequins, ribbon, and glue. The spiral bound book lies flat for ease of use. Ages 8+.
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9781905294763
Flyaway order quantity
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NZ$ 21.99 each
Paperback
Author: Lucy Christopher
While visiting her father in hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla meets Harry, the first boy to understand her and her love of the outdoors. But Harry is ill, and as his health fails, Isla is determined to help him in the only way she knows how. Together they watch a lone swan struggling to fly on the lake outside Harry's window. Isla believes that if she can help the damaged swan, somehow she can help Harry. And in doing so, she embarks upon a breathtakingly magical journey of her own.
In this touching novel, Lucy Christopher explores the remarkable bond between a young girl, a boy and a damaged wild bird - a relationship that will touch everyone who reads it.

Shortlisted for Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2010.
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9781869439248
Fly Pie order quantity
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NZ$ 18.99 each
Paperback
Author: Joy Cowley Illustrated by Joy Cowley
Once there was a frog who had been a prince. He knew he could become a prince again if he were kissed by a princess ...but there's this cute girl frog on the lily pad next door. When the girl frog asks him to marry her, he tells her he can't because he's a prince in disguise, and off he goes to find his princess. But princesses aren't always the nicest of people, and the frog soon decides that perhaps life in the lily pond with the cute frog next door might be the best option!
An entertaining twist on an old fairytale.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781741696851
Ginger The Stray Kitten order quantity
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NZ$ 12.99 each
Paperback
Author: Holly Webb
Rosie loves visiting the stray cats that live on the farm near her gran's house. Her favourite is a tiny kitten who she calls Ginger, because of the gorgeous colour of his fur. At first Ginger is very shy, then slowly he learns to trust Rosie. But when the farm is sold to developers and the builders start work, the little kitten is terrified - the other cats have disappeared and he's all alone. Suddenly the world is a very scary place . .
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780545212113
Head to Head (Star Wars) order quantity
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NZ$ 15.99 each
Paperback
Author: Pablo Hidalgo
What would happen if Star Wars characters, creatures, and vehicles that never got to duel were to go head-to-head. Decide who you think would win these thirty stunning battles, then check out what the experts have to say.
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9781869439316
Hollie Chips order quantity
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NZ$ 17.99 each
Paperback
Author: Anna Gowan
When Hollie Chips and her mum move to Puriti Road, Hollie is baffled by the way her neighbours all keep to themselves. But Hollie is a remarkable little girl, and it isn't long before she has charmed her way into their lives ...and when she discovers that a bastardly businessman is trying to buy up their houses to bulldoze them and build a dog food factory (which he has told them will be an orphanage!), the neighbours have to band together with Hollie and her mum to outwit him!

Winner of Tom Fitzgibbon Award 2009.

 
ISBN / ISSN:
9780545093101
Lone Wolf order quantity
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NZ$ 24.99 each
Hardback
Author: Kathryn Lasky
A wolf mother has given birth, but the warm bundle snuffling next to her brings only anguish. The pup, otherwise healthy, has a twisted leg, and the mother knows what the harsh code of the pack demands. Her pup will be taken from her and abandoned on a desolate hill. The pack cannot have weakness - the wolf mother knows that her pup is condemned to die.
But alone in the wilderness, the pup, Seeker, does not perish. This his story - a story of survival, of courage, and of love triumphant. This is Seeker's story, the wolf pup who rose up to change forevever the Wolves of the Beyond.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781906427344
Meltdown order quantity
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NZ$ 18.99 each
Paperback
Author: David Jones
Orbiting the sun, fourteen-year-old Bart is a novice in The Prominence, a space abbey. As well as learning the rules of the Order, he is also being trained to pilot the vessel by Gary, the experienced but cynical captain. When an SOS reaches the abbey from a smaller space-ship, the monks are all for rescuing the two surviving passengers. But their generosity is betrayed when the newcomers begin stealing the abbey's valuable treasures. Caught in the act, the thieves are locked up. Soon engine failure means that The Prominence is heading dangerously close to the sun. Now both monks and thieves face the same risk of death by overheating. Tempers flare. The unity of the Order falls apart. Gary's attempts to right the engine don't work. And it's up to Bart to find a way of saving all their lives.
 
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