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A Winter's Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik
$18.50 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Reading Level: very good
Adam is 13 years old and lives with his family on a small farm in rural Poland. It is 1939 and the war has just broken out. Russians invade Poland and confiscate Adam’s family’s house and farm. They are sent to live with another family nearby, but are then moved on and put on a train for a Russian labou ...Show more
BatKiwi by Melinda Szymanik; Isobel Te Aho-White
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Whenever there is trouble in the forest, big-hearted Kiwi wants to help. He longs to be fast enough to come to the aid of his friends when they are in need. There is just one problem, Kiwi is pretty fast... but his sturdy legs are just not fast enough... and they can’t carry him up trees! Then one night ...Show more
Clever Moo (out of print) by Melinda Szymanik; Malcolm Evans (ill.)
$17.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Margaret is a cow with a problem - she's allergic to grass. In this charming world there are answers to even this thorny problem - ones that don't include the local abattoir!
Fuzzy Doodle by Melinda Szymanik; Donovan Bixley
$18.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Fuzzy Doodle is a celebration of creativity. It is a sophisticated picture book in which the text and illustrations work together to create a delightful metaphor for the creative process. The text tells of Fuzzy, a small pencil doodle that magically comes to life, looking very much like a sweet little h ...Show more
Jack the Viking by Melinda Szymanik
$17.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
As if bombing out at the interschool swimming champs wasn't bad enough, now Jack's become the target of the school bully. How he wishes he was an all-conquering, fearless Viking warrior, like the ones in his favourite books. But Jack discovers how dangerous wishing can be when he wakes to find himself i ...Show more
Kua Kore He Moa, E Hoa (There are No Moa, E Hoa Māori Edition) by Melinda Szymanik
$22.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Help! Emergency! Batkiwi - Where are you? Poor, frightened Tuatara's cries ring out across the forest. The ground is trembling. The trees are shivering. Can that be a MOA peeking from the shadows?
Lucy and the Dark by Melinda Szymanik
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
When Lucy makes friends with the Dark she discovers a new and exciting world - but the world is about to discover what it's like without the Dark! A funny and enjoyable bedtime story with a glow-in-the dark cover to encourage lights out!From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this delightful ...Show more
Made With Love by Gabriella Melinda & Klepatski Szymanik
$29.99 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: near fine
There is something different about the Gingerbread Woman. The snowman feels it too. When you make things with love something special is bound to happen. From the award-winning author of The House That Went to Sea and The Were-Nana, this new picture book, beautifully illustrated by Gabriella Klepatski, i ...Show more
Moon & Sun by Melinda Szymanik
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Moon is sad. She feels dull next to her bright happy sister, Sun. She hides away at night until Sun tells Moon how special she is and how she would love to share the sky with her. This beautifully illustrated children’s book explains how our differences are our strengths and how together we can make th ...Show more
My Elephant Is Blue by Melinda Szymanik
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
A sweet and quirky story about a child who is stuck carrying around an elephant, wondering if they will ever feel light and free again . . . A story full of humour and heart about having the blues, in the form of a big heavy elephant. One day an elephant came and sat on my chest. I found it hard to g ...Show more
Sharing with Wolf by Melinda Szymanik; Nikki Slade-Robinson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
"I can't share with sheep," said Wolf. "I . . . ah . . . have a tendency to eat them. It's in my nature." But would Lamb listen? No! He bleated on and on, determined to be Wolf's knitty-knotty new housemate . . .
The Song of Kauri (HB) by Melinda Szymanik
$27.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Cloaked in mist, warmed by the sun and stirred by a whirling wind, Kauri grows tall and wise through passing years and changing times. This is his song.