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5 Kiwi in a Kombi on Tour use 0143503219 order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Dave Gunson
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Join Cookie, TJ, Anzac, Shadez and Missy as they explore New Zealand from top to bottom and uncover heaps of weird, odd and fascinating facts and stuff as they drive around in their Kombi!

Everything weird and wonderful that you always wanted to know about New Zealand from well-known author and illustrator Dave Gunson.

First published November 2005.
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Abigail Fantail order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Janet Martin Illustrated by Marigold Freeman
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Abigail Fantail can't keep still and will not stop to have a rest when her mother tells her to. One day she follows some children and gets lost. Abbey spends a night in the forest alone and frightened. Will she find her way back home again?
 
After Dark order quantity
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NZ$ 16.00 each
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Author: Julia Crouth
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A charming introduction to New Zealand's wildlife of the night, starting with the kiwi. Each page describes the creature to be found on the next page, encouraging the reader to predict what the creature might be.
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After the War order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Bob Kerr
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After the war a tree grows, a family grows, and the landscape changes. With detailed illustrations, this delightful book depicts change and growth in New Zealand life from 1945 to 2000.
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A Is for All Black order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Sally Sutton Illustrated by Scott Pearson
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A is for All Black
but that’s just the start.
Here’s an alphabet book
that’s Kiwi at heart!
The perfect book for teaching children their ABCs using unique New Zealand icons, illustrated with wonderful bright illustrations.
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Amazing Tales of Aotearoa order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author: Glenn Colquhoun Illustrated by Ali Teo
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A fresh retelling of the old Maori myths in a contemporary voice for today's children. One of the stories is told in rap, one is in comic strip format. The stories are narrated by characters who live in a village called 'That-place' which somehow closely resembles the village of Te Tii in the Bay of Islands, where the author Glenn Colquhoun lived.
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An A-Z of Tongue Twisters order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Bob Darroch
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Bob Darroch, author of The Kiwi that was Scared of the Dark, takes readers on a tongue-twisting journey from A-Z. From an alien apeman who eats all of Aunt Annie's apple pie to Zinnie and his family who are zonked after visiting the zoo, Bob's hilarious illustrations and twisty-twirly text will delight children aged 0-6 years.
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Anzac Day Parade order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Glenda Kane (illustrator Lisa Allen)
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A young boy's innocent questions prompt an elderly war veteran to relive the past in this poignant story.

On Anzac Day an old man, a former member of the 18th Battalion, and a young boy meet - the young boy wide-eyed and wanting to hear the glories of war and death - the old man quietly sad to remember the reality of what was faced.

The simple story is told in rhyme and beautiful illustrations.

First published 2010.

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A Pukeko In A Ponga Tree order quantity
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Author: Kingi Ihaka Illustrated by Dick Frizzell
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The uniquely Kiwi version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'. Read and sing along together. You know the tune!
"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a pukeko in a ponga tree"

This beautifully illustrated book goes through the 12 days of Christmas song, but with a Kiwi twist.
First published September 1999.
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A Rainy Day (Buzzy Bee and Friends) order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Illustrated by June Kim
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Buzzy Bee and his friends live in Rolling Downs - a bright and magical place. Most of his friends are "wheelers" from Wheelington, but Mary Lou and Oscar Ostrich are "walkers" from Walkland. Join them for some fun adventures - no matter what goes wrong Buzzy Bee's creative ideas always save the day. In 'A Rainy Day', it's raining in Rolling Downs. Everyone shelters in the Band Rotunda. But the huge brightly coloured rain drops are piling up higher and higher. What will Buzzy Bee and his friends do?
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As Kuku Slept order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Erin Devlin & Annie Jeannes )
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One moonlit night, Kingi Kereru wakes up to find a possum trying to raid the nest of his precious baby Kuku. As he and his mate chase the possum away, they discover hundreds, then thousands, then millions of possums, all gorging on leaves and berries, and stealing eggs and chicks from nests.... At the end of the book there are facts about the kereru and the dangers facing them, as well as information about possums and the damage that they do to our native flora and fauna.
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At the Beach - out of print order quantity
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NZ$ 15.00 each
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Author: Gwenda Turner
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Making sandcastles, swimming in the warm sea, combing the beach for shells and little fish - the simple pleasures of a day at the beach. Children can learn the names of their favourite little sea creatures and then play with the stickers included in the book.

Children's Picture Book
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Barnaby Bennett order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Rainforth & Teo
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Barnaby Bennett leaps out of bed one morning and decides he will only wear (red). After awhile his family despair as Barnaby begins to smell. Fortunately Nanny has a good idea.
 
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Battle at the Gate order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Jenny Jenkins
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This is the true story of Heni - the young Ngaiterangi woman who, along with the rest of her tribe, showed mercy to wounded British soldiers after the Battle of Gate Pa. The tribe became renowned throughout the British Commonwealth because of their deeds. At Lichfield Cathedral in England, a stained glass window commemorates Heni, the young woman who gave water to a dying officer. In Tauranga, St George's Church is built on the site of the battle. There you will find a memorial stone and the spring from where Heni collected the water for the soldiers she helped.
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Battle of the Mountains order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Peter Gossage
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Three mountains battle against Tongariro to win the love of his wife, Pihanga. Find out how Tongariro banishes Taranaki, Tauhara and Putau to the positions they stand in today when he overcomes their approaches to Pihanga.

Make the mountains using the outlines of each mountain in the back of this book, and fight your own battle of the mountains!
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Bears in the Bush (Adventures of the Rescue Helicopter Bears) order quantity
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NZ$ 16.00 each
Paperback
Author: Michelle Osment (illus Sunset)
In Stock: 1
Father Bear and Junior Bear go walking in the bush. When they lose their way, they wait for someone to rescue them - who will it be?

Taranaki Electricity Trust
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Big Block of Chocolate (New Ed.) order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Janet Slater Bottin & Jeffy James (ill.)
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Miss Jenny bought some chocolate, a great big block of chocolate. She said: "this block of chocolate is mine and all for me" - but others have different ideas!
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Brown Bread and Honey order quantity
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NZ$ 16.00 each
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Author: Pamela Allen
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The King loves to run and jump and ride his horse and he also loves to eat, and eat and eat . . . until he becomes too fat to have fun any more. When he sacks all his cooks, his friend the stable-boy shares his lunch with him. Every lunch they eat bread and honey until the King can run and jump again.

An exuberant, romping read-aloud story for the very young by the author of the classic Who Sank the Boat.


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Bubble Trouble order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Margaret Mahy (illus Polly Dunbar)
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Little Mabel blew a bubble and it caused a lot of trouble! Such a lot of bubble trouble in a bibble-bobble way. For it broke away from Mabel as it bobbed across the table, Where it bobbled over Baby, and it wafted him away... Follow the hilarious efforts of the townsfolk as they chase the baby far across the town in an effort to get him down from the bubble safe and sound.
 
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