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Animals of the Bible by Mary Hoffman
$22.00 NZD
Category: Biblical stories - children | Reading Level: From 5 To 9
Lions, sheep, a serpent, ravens, a dove, a whale, plagues of frogs and locusts - creatures of all shapes and sizes have featured in stories from the Old Testament. In ten retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how animals have confronted, helped and inspired Old Testament figures.
City of Flowers (Stravaganza #3) by Mary Hoffman
$20.00 NZD
$21.99 (9% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Stravaganza
Sequel to City of Masks and City of Stars, the narrative moves to the Talian equivalent of the city of Florence, where beauty and danger walk - as ever - hand in hand. The focus this time is on the new Stravagante, Sky, whose talisman is an ornate and delicate blue glass bottle. Sky is propelled right i ...Show more
City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
$19.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: Stravaganza
Set in a parallel world, in an Italy that in this world is called Talia and in a Venice that in this world is called Bellezza, the narrative follows Lucien, who in this world is ill with cancer. Given a marbled notebook to help him communicate when his throat hurts too much to speak, this notebook is th ...Show more
City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
$18.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: Stravaganza
The first book in the intriguing and exciting Stravaganza series. Imagine you are one moment ill in bed, and the next transported to a world that is awash with deception, intrigue and glamour. This is exactly what happens to Lucien. In a spine-tingling discovery, Lucien finds out that he is in fact a 'S ...Show more
City of Secrets (Stravaganza #4) by Mary Hoffman
$20.00 NZD
$21.99 (9% off)
Category: Fiction - YA | Series: Stravaganza
Matt is dyslexic and extremely intelligent. When he is unexpectedly transported to the Scriptorium of Padavia (real-life Padua) University, he discovers he is a Stravagante who can travel through time using his talisman, a leather-bound book. Together with Luciano, now studying at the University, and Ar ...Show more
Encore Grace by Mary Hoffman
$29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior | Reading Level: 7-10
Grace finds that her family is changing and so is her group of friends. There's a new girl who puts Grace's nose out of joint, a production of Sleeping Beauty that aims to be very different, a school bully to contend with, and goodbyes to be said to a friend who moves away.
Grace & Family by Mary Hoffman
$16.95 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: 5-8
To Grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about in stories. But, as Nana reminds her, families are what you make them.
How to Be a Cat by Mary Hoffman
$14.95 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: 4+
Being a cat has to be carefully taught, as this mother cat's words to her kittens demonstrate. Yawning, stretching, twining round legs, slow careful washing from the ears downwards - everything a young cat needs to know is captured in this charming story.
Miracles: Wonders Jesus Worked by Mary Hoffman
$16.95 NZD
$18.99 (10% off)
Category: Biblical stories - children
Mary Hoffman here retells nine stories of Jesus' miracles: turning the water into wine; the miraculous draught of fish; stilling the storm; the man cured of palsy; feeding the 5000; walking on the water; the centurion's servant; the 10 lepers; and the raising of Lazarus.
Parables: Stories Jesus Told by Mary Hoffman
$16.95 NZD
Category: Biblical stories - children
In eight retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how Jesus used simple parables to convey essential truths to his listeners. The parables include The Lost Sheep, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, and The House on the Rock.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Mary Hoffman
$29.95 NZD
Category: Social studies | Reading Level: 8+
Callimachus, Royal Librarian of Alexandria, is researching a new book. He decides to take his young apprentice Philip on his Mediterranean journey, and Philip marvels at the beautiful buildings, gardens and statues he sees. This story offers an introduction to the world's ancient wonders.
Seven Wonders of the World by Mary Hoffman
$16.95 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: Social studies
Callimachus, Royal Librarian of Alexandria, is researching a new book and decides to take his young apprentice Philip on his Mediterranean journey. As Philip marvels at the most breathtaking and beautiful buildings, gardens and statues ever built - at Giza, Babylon, Olympia, Ephesus, Halicarnassus and R ...Show more