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Fishing Fame by Melanie Drewery
$16.50 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Max really wants to catch a fish big enough so that his name can go on the Fishing Fame Board. He and his cousin Dan steal one of their uncle's paddle boats, which are not for fishing! Max and Dan get stuck at Shark Point, and a gigantic shark gets caught in their lines, pulling their paddle boat along ...Show more
Itiiti's Gift by Melanie Drewery
$16.99 NZD
Category: Picture books
See other edition ISBN 9780143504085 This is a story about a girl called Itiiti who feels small and clumsy and shy next to the rest of her family who are loud and tall and good at things. Itiiti doesn't think she is good at anything, but her mother tells her that she will find she has a gift of her o ...Show more
Ko te Koha a Itiiti by Melanie Drewery & Fifi Colston
$17.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Itiiti feels small and clumsy and shy next to the rest of her family who are loud and tall and good at things. Itiiti tries to do things with the rest of her family to find her gift but she is not aas good as they are at running or swimming or weaving. Finally, when Itiiti stops looking, her gift finds ...Show more
Matariki by Melanie Drewery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
'Tonight we have to go to bed really early,' said Mum. 'Tomorrow morning we are going to have a surprise.' But what event would be so special to get you up in the middle of a cold New Zealand winter? Matariki is rising and the New Year is on its way.
Nanny Mihi and the Bellbird by Melanie Drewery
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Nanny Mihi | Reading Level: near fine
Staying with Nanny Mihi in the school holidays, her mokopuna (grandchildren) get up to whistle a tune to the birds. One male bellbird learns the tune but come spring he is nowhere to be heard. What has happened? A delightful tale in a new illustrative style for popular childrens character Nanny Mihi. ...Show more
Nanny Mihi's Medicine / Nga Rongoa a Nanny Mihi by Melanie Drewery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Nanny Mihi's grandchildren excitedly visit her every school holidays. Only this time they arrive with colds ... Nanny takes the kids around her forest and garden, showing them plants that can make them feel better. They find kawakawa and make tea, manuka to put in the bath and clear their stuffy noses, ...Show more
Nanny Mihi's Christmas by Melanie Drewery
$14.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
ItâÃÂÃÂs Christmas time and the children are visiting Nanny Mihi at the beach. As usual Nanny has a special surprise but will the weather threaten to spoil it this yearA A delightful story, beautifully illustrated by the author and illustrator team who produced Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow, Nanny M ...Show more
Papa's Island by Melanie Drewery
$17.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
This story is based on real events that took place in New Zealand during World War Two. Somes Island in Wellington Harbour was used as a prison camp for enemy aliens in both World War One and World War Two. Often these men were arrested with no warning and some were held unfairly. Their families did not ...Show more
Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi by Melanie Drewery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
This is the true story of the remarkable team effort to save a kiwi that lost its leg. The fictional narrator of the story is a schoolboy who is doing a project on kiwi. This is very much a multi-layered story with the tale of the kiwi running alongside the story of the boy and his attempts to impress h ...Show more
Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi H/B by Melanie Drewery
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
WINNER OF PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2008 This is the true story of the remarkable team effort to save a kiwi that lost its leg. The fictional narrator of the story is a schoolboy who is doing a project on kiwi. This is very much a multi-layered story with the tale of the kiwi r ...Show more
The Mad Tadpole Adventure by Melanie Drewery (illus Jenny Cooper)
$13.50 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
This is a thriller - or maybe it's a horror story. It could be a mystery or a romance. There are even some really good nature bits. And so starts Maddie's story of how she loved her tadpole and watched it turn into a frog, only to have her Isabella Princess Big Eyes 'stolen'. First published 2007. ...Show more
The Mad Tadpole Adventure by Melanie Drewery
$10.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
This is a thriller - or maybe it's a horror story. It could be a mystery or a romance. There are even some really good nature bits. And so starts Maddie's story of how she loved her tadpole and watched it turn in to a frog, only to have her Isabella Princess Big Eyes 'stolen'.
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