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Shadrach Girl by Joy Cowley
$15.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: very good
The third book in the award-winning Shadrach series, that began with Bow Down Shadrach and Gladly, Here I Come. The story has moved on two and a half years with the youngest character Sky now ten, Mikey and Eden in their early teens and Hannah sixteen - a quirky family facing day-to-day problems and som ...Show more
Speed of Light by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Reading Level: very good
With a father more interested in money than family, a brother in prison, a sister with a secret, and a mother in denial, it's no wonder Jeff buries himself in the safe world of mathematics. When a storm hits Wellington, a strange old woman is blown into Jeff's life, challenging everything he things is t ...Show more
Starbright & the Dream Eater O/P by Joy Cowley
$15.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
People all over Claircomb are succumbing to a strange illness, thought to be a deadly new virus. But this is no virus - it is a life form so advanced that its intelligence makes a computer look like counting beads. It knows the prophecy, too, and IT is hunting down the Bright Star - to destroy her for ...Show more
The Bakehouse by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: very good-near fine
Bert is eleven and wants nothing more than to fight in the war. But he soon learns that the secrets and danger of war don't always stay at the front line.
The Duck in the Gun by Joy Cowley
$18.00 NZD
$18.99 (5% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: very good
The General and his men are about to fire on a town they are at war with. But the Gunner has bad news - they can't load the gun as there is a duck nesting inside it. The General calls a ceasefire until the gun can be used again and takes a white flag to the opposing town. But the men soon get used to li ...Show more
The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley; Sarah Davis
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: near fine
An appealing and non-stereotypical love story with a strong female main character and a pirate - making this book great for both girls and boys. The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool, to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But wh ...Show more
The Gobbledegook Book: A Joy Cowley Anthology by Joy Cowley & Giselle Clarkson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty-Nacketty Noo Noo Noo. Fully re-illustrated with humour ...Show more
The Little Tractor by Joy Cowley
$16.00 NZD
$18.99 (15% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop join forces in this charming 'circle of life' story that combines lilting language with stunning illustrations. Many years ago, when Joy Cowley wrote Mouse Bride for Scholastic the artist who worked on the project created a wonderful tractor that subsequently inspired The Rus ...Show more
The Remarkable Cake Shop by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Reading Level: very good
Follow the crazy antics of the mayor as he learns a lesson in humility from Mrs Delicious and her remarkable cakes.Follow the hilarious antics of the Mayor as he learns a lesson in humility. Funny, engaging and entertaining it is filled with wonderful characters and delicious cake"--Publisher's informat ...Show more
The Road to Ratenburg by Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior | Reading Level: very good
A charming ratty fable about family, by a much-loved writer and illustrator pair. A family of rats is forced to leave their home, so sets out to find the fabled city of Ratenburg. Along the way they outwit vicious dogs, tricky rat traps and sharp-beaked hawks, and make some very dangerous crossings. The ...Show more
The Silent One by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: Very Good
The Silent One is Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his underwater world where he develops a special relationship with a huge white turtle. However, the superstitious vil ...Show more