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Down the Dragon's Tongue by Margaret Mahy
$12.95 NZD
Category: Picture books
Could anything be more exciting that sliding down a great, big slippery slide like a dragon's tongue...Whoosh Swiish Whee Woow?
Family Surprises (Kiwi Bites) by Margaret Mahy (illus Lyn Kriegler)
$9.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: Kiwi Bites S.
Rosie had a problem - a terrible problem for a dragon. Whenever she tried to breathe fire, a fine spray of water filled the air in front of her. On the other side of town, Caxton had a problem too. It's hard for a boy who loves swimming and being active when his whole family is devoted to art. first pub ...Show more
Gargling Gorilla by Margaret Mahy
$16.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Three short zany stories, all featuring weird and wonderful animals with illustrations by Tony Ross.The Gargling Gorilla, The Runaway Reptiles and The Dog Magician
He Raiona i Roto i nga Otaota (A Lion in the Meadow - Maori edition) by Margaret Mahy (translated by Piripi Walker)
$22.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
Maori language edition of this much-loved classic, translated by Piripi Walker. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside.
Jam by Margaret Mahy
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: A\Margaret Mahy Classic Ser.
A delightful tale by Margaret Mahy about an industrious stay-at-home dad who is on a mission to ensure his family gets the most out of their plum harvest!Margaret Mahy's classic story about a father's passion for making plum jam for his long-suffering family, illustrated by Helen Craig.'The whole house ...Show more
Kaitangata Twitch by Margaret Mahy
$19.00 NZD
$19.99 (4% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: good
What happens to a girl who has dangerous dreams? What if the land itself punishes those who would harm it? From New ZealandÂs own Carnegie Medal-winning author comes a new supernatural eco-thriller for young teens, about a girl caught up in a fight over a beautiful, wild island. This book was an Honour ...Show more
Kiwi Kids Collection O/P by Margaret Mahy
$24.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Stories/jokes/riddles/rhymes.
Maddigan's Fantasia by Margaret Mahy
$24.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: very good
Once upon a future time, a circus troupe seeks to cross a post-apocalyptic landscape. Garland Maddigan (12), daughter of the late ringmaster, has travelled this way previously - but this time it offers more challenges than expected. When three mysterious children join the Fantasia, they prove a dangerou ...Show more
Maddigan's Quest by Margaret Mahy
$19.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: good
In a time not too far from our own, a colourful and bizarre group of travellers brave a post apocalyptic landscape - the acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and musicians who make up Maddigan's Fantasia. At the centre of the troupe is 12-year-old Garland, daughter of the late Ferdy Maddigan, Fan ...Show more
Memory by Margaret Mahy
$14.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA | Reading Level: good-very good
On the anniversary of his sister's death, Jonny Dart is still troubled by guilt and an imperfect memory of the accident. He goes searching for the only other witness to the fatal event, his sister's best friend. But instead of finding the answers, he finds Sophie - an old woman with Alzheimer's. Paperba ...Show more
Mister Whistler by Margaret Mahy
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Absentminded Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his feet. In a rush to catch the train, he is so distracted he loses his ticket. Is it in the bottom pockets of his big coat or the top pockets of his jacket? Perhaps he slipped it into his waistcoat...Where is Mister Whistler's t ...Show more
Portable Ghosts by Margaret Mahy
$18.00 NZD
$18.50 (2% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Ditta is a smart sassy 12-year-old who wants to be a detective - and when she encounters a ghostly boy reading in a mysterious corner of her school library she has her first mystery to solve. But when her best friend Max tells her the bedroom floor in his brand new house is haunted too, the mysteries st ...Show more