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Get Growing : A New Zealand step-by-step guide to growing your own vegetables and fruit order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author: Helen Cook
A New Zealand step-by-step guide to growing your own vegetable and fruit gives people of all ages the gardening basics, as well as fun projects and activies to spark the imagination and cultivate green thumbs. Growing your own veges and fruit is the new black - more and more people are turning back to growing their own food in this time of rising food and petrol costs and plummeting house values. And for some time now, primary schools have been teaching their students how to grow plants and have extra-curricular garden clubs. So there's a great need for this book and children don't need to know everything there is about edible gardening to get started. The book re-introduces the idea that food comes from nature - not the supermarket - and the acts of growing, preparing and sharing it can be immensely satisfying. This book is packed with information and ideas for making edible gardening a fun activity that all members of the family can ... more
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Sheep With Boots order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Maritgen Matter & Jan Jutte Translated by Bill Nagelkerke
On a cold dark wintry night, Wolf is looking for a meal. he finds sheep in a lonely barn. Mouth watering, Wolf persuades Sheep to come with him on an adventure. Can naive Sheep survive Wolf's hungry plan?
Originally published in the Netherlands, this story is a delicious tale of friendship for all ages.
With delightful three-colour illustrations.
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Secret of Jelly Mountain order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Des Hunt
Jelly Mountain is a mysterious place. Its straight sides mean the top has never been explored and there are many rumours about strange creatures inhabiting it. Then a light plane tries to land on top, and the action really starts.
Jason and his sister become embroiled in a mystery that is set to rock the world.

The New Zealand author weaves adventure with his love of the natural world.
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Salt River: Life is What You Make It order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Elizabeth Hegarty
Based on the true story of the Pook family in the 1920s, living in a remote area of the Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland.

Beautifully written, the story begins as a family of eight siblings are left alone for a week whilst their parents finally go away to get married. Fourteen-year-old Tom is left in charge and must ensure that all the daily tasks are done, as well as keeping the family fishing business running, and taking care of the other children with the help of 10-year-old Mary. Life is tough, and daily dramas ensue not without humour!
But it is not until the parents return that we really discover what a hard taskmaster Dad is.

A fascinating, and often exciting, insight into life in the not-so-distant past which will astonish today's kids.

A first time author, Elizabeth tells us: "When I finished writing my book the very day I finished, in fact I made an astonishing discovery. I discovered ... more
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I Wonder Why : There's a Hole in the Sky order quantity
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NZ$ 15.00 each
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Author: Sean Callery
This is a highly popular and long-running series that explores the questions that young readers ask about the world around them in an unrivalled child-friendly style. The conversational format is perfect for delivering solid information in a natural, amusing and imaginative way."I Wonder Why There's A Hole In The Sky" takes a look at our environment, how we are damaging it, and what we can do to save it. It answers all the relevant questions about the state of the planet, covering important topics such as pollution, global warming, endangered animals, climate change and extreme weather. It is a perfect introduction to 'green' issues for young readers.
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Kiwi Favourites : New Zealand's most popular recipes order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Alison & Simon Holst
Over 100 of our most popular tried-and-true family recipes are given the Holst treatment in this great-value cookbook. From Whitebait Fritters and Bacon and Egg Pie to Ginger Crunch and Lolly Cake; New Zealand's favourite cookbook writers provide recipes for every Kiwi family to savour and enjoy.

First published 2008.
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If I Ran the Rain Forest (The Cat in the Hat Learning Library) order quantity
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NZ$ 14.00 each
Paperback
Author: Bonnie Worth
"I'm the Cat in the Hat and it's time that we get to go to a place that is steamy and wet!" In this delightful book, Dr. Seuss' famous Cat in the Hat explains all about the rainforest to young readers. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an off-beat look at nature and natural sciences through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed at early readers -- from four to seven year olds -- the books are designed to bridge the gap between concept books written for preschoolers and more formal non fiction titles that require fluent reading skills. By presenting the facts in a lively and rhythmic manner, they provide the critical foundation upon which complex facts and ideas can eventually be built.
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Inside Your Outside! (The Cat in the Hat Learning Library) order quantity
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NZ$ 14.00 each
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Author: Tish Rabe
"From the top of your head to the tips of your toes Learn all about health from a cool cat who knows!" In this delightful book, Dr. Seuss' famous Cat in the Hat explains to young readers all the different ways to stay healthy. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an off-beat look at nature and natural sciences through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed at early readers -- from four to seven year olds -- the books are designed to bridge the gap between concept books written for preschoolers and more formal non fiction titles that require fluent reading skills. By presenting the facts in a lively and rhythmic manner, they provide the critical foundation upon which complex facts and ideas can eventually be built.
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Kaspar, Prince of Cats order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author: Michael Morpurgo
A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room. But Johnny didn't expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress. Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take Johnny - and Kaspar - all around the world, surviving theft, shipwreck and rooftop rescues along the way. Because everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around. After all, he's Prince Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Muscovite, a Londoner and a New Yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic!
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Oh, the Pets You Can Get! (The Cat in the Hat Learning Library) order quantity
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NZ$ 14.00 each
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Author: Tish Rabe
I'm the Cat in the Hat I love pets as you see. You can meet lots of pets if you travel with me. In this charming book, Dr. Seuss' famous Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to all kinds of pets and how to look after them. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an off-beat look at nature and natural sciences through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed at early readers -- from four to seven year olds -- the books are designed to bridge the gap between concept books written for preschoolers and more formal non fiction titles that require fluent reading skills. By presenting the facts in a lively and rhythmic manner, they provide the critical foundation upon which complex facts and ideas can eventually be built.
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Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox (#6) order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Eoin Colfer
Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has a new mission - and this time, it's personal. Artemis's mother is dangerously ill, and the only way to find a cure is for Artemis - with Holly Short by his side - to go back in time to battle his younger, more evil self...
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The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 5 order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author: Owen Marshall (ed)
Widely admired and regularly cited as our best living writer of short stories, Owen Marshall turns the focus on his contemporaries. He has searched the country for the finest selection of stories being written by our top authors, as well as our emerging ones. Contributors: Norman Bilbrough, Ellie Catton, Paul Chapman, Craig Clif, Charlotte Grimshaw, Lizzie Harwood, David Hill, Christine Johnston, Fiona Kidman, Shonagh Koea, Sarah Laing, Graeme Lay, Frankie McMillan, Carl Nixon, Julian Novitz, Vincent O'Sullivan, Faith Oxenbridge, Sarah Quigley, Alice Tawhai, Peter Wells,
First published September 2008.
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The Rule of Claw order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author: John Brindley
A powerful stand-alone novel in the best tradition of thrillers.

We enter a futuristic world and meet a band of sixteen year olds who were abandoned in isolation at an early age. They're educated partly by gleaning facts from the few books in their possession, but primarily through their experiences of survival which features death and danger. A new threat emerges when the teens transcend their own rules and eat animal flesh.
Ash, the leader, is kidnapped and becomes a pawn in the power struggles between the formidable raptors. In these beautiful beasts, she glimpses new forms of evolution which make her consider her own humanity.
Soon she learns the frightening truth of their origins. And realizes the dangerous implications for herself and her friends.
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Tales from Outer Suburbia order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author: Shaun Tan
From the much-acclaimed creator of The Arrival, The Red Tree and The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan presents fifteen intriguing illustrated stories about the mysteries that lurk below the surface of suburban life. For older children.

Do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street?

Or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass?

Do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night?

Shaun Tan reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight.



 
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