Nina Peanut is Amazing (#1) by Sarah Bowie
Category: Chapter Books
Nina Peanut - super-star in the making, frozen pizza chef, creative genius, owner of the world's stinkiest cat. The funniest new friend for all kids, everywhere. Nina Peanut creates amazing videos - so why is it only her nan and best friend Brian who watch them? Surely everyone should be interested in ...Show more
The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man #12) by Dav Pilkey
Category: Chapter Books | Series: Dog Man Ser.
P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of cr ...Show more
Roarsome by Joel Slack-Smith
Category: Picture Books
Half lion. Half werewolf. All pillow. Totally roarsome! All Walter wanted for his birthday was a limited edition, nitro-powered drone. Instead, he gets a tattered old lion-shaped pillow (that smells suspiciously like werewolf wee). Roar-kward! Now the full moon is out and Roars the lion-pillow has come ...Show more
General Waste by Michel Streich
Category: Picture Books
"General Waste loves stuff! Wasting lots of stuff! He tosses away apples after one bite, he has hour-long showers, he must have the latest uniform fashion, and he rides around in a monster truck! He shares a house with Gram-Gram. She always saves her leftovers, does her own repairs and cycles everywhere ...Show more
Bowerbird Blues (HB) by Aura Parker
Category: Picture Books
I am a collector. Always looking, finding ... and keeping! Bowerbird loves BLUE. Magnificent colbalt. Brilliant, vibrant blue! But something is missing. What could it be? This picture book from Aura Parker stars a beautiful bowerbird on the search for blue! It’s a moving story of longing and connection, ...Show more
The Very Clever Bear (Board) by Nick Bland
Category: Board Books
The circus has arrived in the Jingle Jangle Jungle and Bear’s friends have the perfect circus acts. Can Bear come up with a very clever trick of his own?
My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book by Miriama Kamo; Rangi Matamua; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Illustrator)
Category: Childrens Books
Manawatia a Matariki! Celebrate Matariki with this book bursting with activities and colouring-in pages. A colouring book that also includes a range of activities including crafts and puzzles, and a smattering of te reo, this companion to the 2022 best-seller, Matariki Around the World, is sure to keep ...Show more
The Kai Stars of Matariki: Tupuanuku and Tupuarangi by Miriama Kamo
Category: NZ Picture Books
Join Sam and Te Rerehua as they prepare a Matariki feast! It’s the day before Matariki and a big feast has been prepared. Eeling took place months ago and Te Rerehua and Sam are excited to give thanks to Tupuanuku and Tupuarangi, the stars connected to food grown in and above the ground. But one night, ...Show more
My Nature Stories / Aku Paki Taiao: After Dark by Yvonne Morrison, Julia Crouth
Category: Picture Books
A must-have collection of three best-selling and favourite New Zealand wildlife and habitat stories, from deep in the day and nighttime forests of Aotearoa to out in the wild, blue moana. With a broad range of native creatures to encounter, these playful, rhyming and beautifully illustrated stories are ...Show more
Moto Mike the Motorbike (Nee Naw and Friends) (PB) by Deano Yipadee
Category: Picture Books
Singer-songwriter Dean O’Brien has produced yet another toe-tapping, singalong song, this time about Nee Naw’s friend, Moto Mike the Motorbike. Farmer Tom and his tractor are leading the annual pumpkin parade. When the tractor wheel jolts off the edge of the bridge, Tom finds himself in a precarious sit ...Show more
Ko Ngā Whetū Kai o Matariki: Tupuānuku rāua ko Tupuārangi (The Kai Stars of Matariki: Tupuanuku and Tupuārangi) by Miriama Kamo; Ariana Stevens
Category: NZ Picture Books
Join Sam and Te Rerehua as they prepare a Matariki feast! It’s the day before Matariki and a big feast has been prepared. Eeling took place months ago and Te Rerehua and Sam are excited to give thanks to Tupuanuku and Tupuarangi, the stars connected to food grown in and above the ground. But one night, ...Show more
Nova Shimmers (#2 Forever Fairies) by Maddy Mara
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month
Nova and her best fairy friends Lulu, Coco, and Zali, are ready for their next fairy pod tryout, this time for the Shimmerbuds — who know all about fairy medicine. Nova isn’t very speedy, but she loves helping the forest animals! When the forest trolls interrupt the challenge with more shenanigans, Nov ...Show more