Company Banner
About Us

FICTION - General
    Junior Years 0-3
    Middle Yrs 4-6
    Senior Yrs 7-9
    Teen Yrs 10 +
    Book + CD/Tape
    Classics
    Graphic Novels
    Humour
    Myths/Legends/Fa...
    Picture Books
    Poetry
    Sophisticated Pi...
FICTION - NZ
    NZ Jnr Yrs 0-3
    NZ Mid Yrs 4-6
    NZ Snr Yrs 7-9
    NZ Teen Yrs 10+
    NZ Picture Books
    Te Reo Maori
NON - FICTION
    Autobiography/Bi...
    Craft & textiles
    Food & cooking
    Health & Safety
    Information Tech...
    Language
    Maori Interest
    Non-fiction general
    Science
    Social Studies
    Sports & Leisure
    Technology general
    The Arts
    Reference & Ency...
MATHS
    "BOXCARS" Manuals
    Pearson Primary ...
    Other Maths Reso...
MISCELLANEOUS
    Babies & Toddlers
    Big Books
    CDs/Tapes
    ESOL
    Learning Support...
    Maps/Posters/Wal...
    Puzzles/Games
    Teaching Resources
    Values
READERS FICTION
    Jnr Yrs 0-3
    Mid Yrs 4 - 6
    Snr Yrs 7 - 9
    High Int.-Low R.A.
READERS NON-FICTION
    Jnrs Yrs 0 - 3
    Mid Yrs 4 - 6
    Snr Yrs 7 - 9
    High Int.-Low R.A.
Mokoia Picks
    Social Studies
    Health
    Graphic Novels
    Sophisticated Pi...
    Library General
PLAYS

netStep

Password:
ID (firstname.lastname):
     
 

Search:

Sophisticated Picture Books
 
Catalogue |  Rep List |  Back List  Showing 61 - 80 of 82 results
<< Begin | < Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next > | Last >>

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Tale of Urso Brunov: Little Father of all Bears order quantity
  +   -
 
NZ$ 35.00 each
Hardback
Author: Brian Jacques
In Stock: 0
This tall tale from "Redwall" creator Brian Jacques features a brand new hero: Urso Brunov, the Little Father of All Bears. The strongest, wisest, bravest bear in the world, he is also the smallest, no bigger than the size of your thumb. Other animals of the forest stand in awe of him-except one: a mustached monster who captures four of Urso's bears and puts them in his zoo, but who learns all too soon that the Little Father is truly a force to be reckoned with. On his way to rescue the lost bears, Urso Brunov matches wits with a tribe of boars, teaches manners to a billygoat, skims across the Deep River on a wooden flute, and finally confronts the Lord of All Sands. He'll get those bears back, never fear-believe him, for he is Urso Brunov!

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

The Arrival order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Shaun Tan
In Stock: 0
What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey to a mysterious country; a place without family or friends, where everything is nameless and the future is unknown?
This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a truly stunning tribute to all those who have made the journey.

First published October 2006.

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

The Boat order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author: Helen Ward
In Stock: 0

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 33.00 each
Hardback
Author: Neil Gaiman (illus Dave McKean)
In Stock: 0
Never swap your dad with friends, because you might not get him back...

When a boy swaps his dad for two goldfish he does not really think through the consequences! After all, he is not the only person who can swap stuff. When he is told by his mother that he has to get his father back it is not so easily done. It seems that the father has a pretty high value and he has been traded by one child to the next, leaving a trail that the son has to follow.

Where will it all end?

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

The Enemy order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 35.00 each
Hardback
Author: D. Cali and S. Bloch
In Stock: 0
Already a major hit in France, The Enemy is a profound, moving and poignant fable for our time about two lonely soldiers facing each other across a barren desert battlefield. Are they the only soldiers left? How can they end the war? Just who is the enemy? Created by Davide Cali and Serge Bloch, the award-winning team behind I Can’t Wait (winner of France’s prestigious Baobab Award, and Honour Book in the American Library Association’s Batchelder Award), this edition marks its first publication into English anywhere in the world.

 
The Ladder order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Halfdan Rasmussen
In Stock: 0

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

The Magician's Nephew Graphic Novel order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author: C.S. Lewis
In Stock: 0
The second of C. S. Lewis's novels to be produced in graphic novel style, The Magician's Nephew is actually the first in the Chronicles of Narnia series of seven titles. Polly and Digory meet one day over their garden wall. They decide to explore the attics above their houses one wet summer afternoon, and by mistake come across Digory's mad Uncle Andrew in the middle of an experiment. First Polly, then Digory, touch the magic rings which take them out of our world and into another one, where they encounter the evil Empress Jadis and by mistake bring her back to England. In a desperate attempt to get her away from the havoc she causes in London, the two children magic her and several others into a totally different world -- the world of Narnia.

 
The Scarab's Secret order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Nick Would
In Stock: 1

 
The Shark God order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Rafe Martin
In Stock: 0

 
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Saunders, George
In Stock: 0

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

The Were-Nana (NOT A Bedtime Story) order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 19.00 each
Paperback
Author: Melinda Szymanik & Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson (ill.)
In Stock: 1
NZ Post Childrens Book Awards, Children's Choice Award 2009

Simon loves to scare Stella Rosa, especially with his stories. Most of the time Stella Rosa can cope but now her grandmother, Nana Lupin, is coming to visit from a far-away country and Simon whispers that Nana Lupin is a Were-Nana ...and Stella Rosa believes him. The darkly robed figure that comes through the arrival gate at the airport does look like a Were-Nana after all...and Stella Rosa is afraid because she hasn't been given the special potion that Simon says she should have drunk to protect her!

First published 2008.

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Tintin and Alph-Art (Tintin - Volume 24) order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Herge
In Stock: 1
In an interview shortly before his death, Hergé wrote of the last Tintin adventure: "The plot revolves around a tale of forgers… The book is set in the world of contemporary art. The narration itself is in the course of evolution. I am still doing my research and I honestly don’t know where this story will lead me." Sadly, the tale was never completed, but this unique book gives an insight into the work Hergé had done on the project before he died.

This book gives readers a chance to see Hergé’s working method – the painstaking process that went into each new Tintin book. Tintin fans the world over will be intrigued by the book's cliff-hanger ending!

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Ultimate Guide for Ghost-hunters order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Richard Brassey
In Stock: 0
Here is a kaleidoscope of hauntings from ancient Roman times to the present day, with a host of amazing characters, including famous royals and everyday people. With his engaging narrative and joke-and-fact-filled cartoons, Richard Brassey tells stories of remarkable hauntings that will send shivers down your spine. Plus, he gives the lowdown on how to spot different kinds of ghosts, how to go about ghost hunting, and how to tell deliciously spooky ghost stories.

 
Una and the Sea Cloak order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Malachy Doyle
In Stock: 1

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Uno's Garden order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 35.00 each
Hardback
Author: Graeme Base
In Stock: 0
When Uno arrives in the forest one beautiful day, there are many fascinating and extraordinary animals there to greet him. And one entirely unexceptional Snortlepig.
Uno loves the forest so much, he decides to live there. But, in time, a little village grows up around his house. Then a town, then a city. . . and soon Uno realises that the animals and plants have begun to disappear. . .


Enter the magical world of Graeme Base's forest, filled with wild and wonderful animals, Uno's unique family and friends - and the elusive Snortlepig!
From the creator of the international bestsellers Animalia, The Waterhole and Jungle Drums, here is an illuminating blend of storybook, puzzle book and numbers book - a moving and timely tale about how we all unknowingly affect the environment around us, just by being there, and how we can always learn from our mistakes and find ways of doing things better.

First published ... more

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Varmints order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: Helen Ward
In Stock: 0
A beatifully illustrated story about the loss of innocence and simplicity in life and the power of hope.

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Whisperer order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 17.00 each
Paperback
Author: Nick Butterworth
In Stock: 0
An edgy new picture book from the renowned creator of Percy the Park Keeper. Featuring an exciting new style of illustration and a thought-provoking plot, this stunning picture book is set to become a firm favourite. Two gangs of cats live in a scrap yard on the edge of the city. When they're not eating or sleeping, they're fighting, and that's just how The Whisperer likes it. He's a rat, and if he can keep the cats going after each other, they'll leave him and his kind alone. But just maybe, things in the scrap yard are about to change for the better. Or as The Whisperer sees it!for the worse!

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Wishing of Biddy Malone order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author: Joy Cowley
In Stock: 1
To be sure, Biddy Malone is a singer and dancer, though her dundering feet fall all over each other and her voice sounds like a rusty gate. But even her brothers’ teasing can’t stop her.
And then one day, Biddy stumbles upon a faerie village and meets a loveling so beautiful he takes her breath away. And when he asks to hear her three deepest wishes, she tells him every one, but all too soon she learns that something gained for nothing has no value, and that wishes can only come true if you make them come true yourself.

Beloved and renowned author Joy Cowley and brilliant illustrator Christopher Denise bring a gutsy new heroine to life in this lilting tale of light and love.

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Wolf's Story order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 18.00 each
Paperback
Author: Toby Forward
In Stock: 0
Recounted in the voice of a New York wheeler-dealer, this funny version of the "Little Red Riding Hood" is retold from a fresh perspective - the Wolf's! Featuring humorous revelations and surprises, we see, as the story unfolds, how a series of misunderstandings and accidents lead to his vilification.

  Click to Enlarge
(click to enlarge)

Wolves order quantity
  +   -
NZ$ 35.00 each
Hardback
Author: Emily Gravett
In Stock: 1

 
Open Printable Showing 61 - 80 of 82 results
<< Begin | < Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next > | Last >>

Jan Shanhun Books

Address: 785 Childers Road, Gisborne, New Zealand
Tel: 64 06-863-0405 - ; Fax: 06-863-0406 - ; Mob. 0274-302-502
reedme@inspire.net.nz

Bookshop system by Circle