Picture Books

There's a cool crab in my castle! He'd like to be the king. He sits there on his throne, watching everything. The newest addition to Dawn McMillan's Nature Stories series takes readers to the rocky shore, where crab...

Take your chances with the pop-out fortune spinner in the adventure-filled game book, Frozen Mountain. You are about to embark on a dangerous adventure. With this game in a book, use the pop-out Survival Spinner to learn your...

Sam and Te Rerehua love to visit their Grandma and Poua at Te Mata Hapuku. They enjoy collecting agate, eeling at the beach and listening to their Grandma's stories as they look up at the stars. One night,...

Weaving a beautiful narrative of heritage, culture and the enduring strength of family bonds, The Lost Words is a daughter's account of her mother's journey through the rich tapestry of te reo Maori My Mum is collecting words. You see,...

'These odd bods were wrong, they didn't belong. . .' When the Strange family moves into town, the villagers treat them with suspicion. They don't like their weird ways or their 'ludicrous house in the trees'. But when...

The captivating new companion to international bestsellers Here We Are and What We’ll BuildA father takes his two children on a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure into space and invites them to look back at Earth and the conflicts that...

'Kia toa, e hine ma, e tama ma, kia kaua hoki koutou e whakama. Me waiata koutou ki nga manu o to koutou tupuna, o Tane-mahuta. Be bold now, girls and boys, it's no time to be shy....

Treasured mums, queen mums, and all the in-between mums! What kind of Mum do you have? Celebrate them all in this ridiculously fun, rhyming picture book from Sarina Dickson, with humourous search-and-find style illustrations from award-winning artist Ant...

Sophie Corrigan evokes everyone's inner zoologist in this charmingly illustrated and wittily worded menagerie. Each critter featured in this fun book is tagged with totally fictitious yet comically accurate anatomical labels, from a tree frog's "clingy jazz hands"...

An inspiring and heartwarming book about the relationship between a working mum and her daughter by the former prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern. Today I got out of bed and asked Mum what day it was....

What Shall We Do, Winnie-the-Pooh? is a delightful rhyming adventure, celebrating friendship and differences, and featuring the best-loved characters from the Hundred Acre Wood. Join Winnie-the-Pooh for a walk through the Hundred Acre Wood as he ponders over...

Ignoring advice from the older ducks, a young female leaves the safety of her wetland sanctuary for a day of adventure. Beautifully illustrated, it is a classic story, full of action and scary adventures before a safe return...

Enter the realm of the Astromancer... In this award-winning illustrated series for younger fans of Percy Jackson, Maori myths and monsters come to life! Join the Astromancer and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and...

On one level, this is a cute story about the day in the life of a girl: getting ready for school, going to school, missing her friends, going through the school day, getting home, helping to cook dinner,...

George wished he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it's time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he's the...

Wait for the squeals, the shouts and the cries When everyone sees my ... SPOOK-TACULAR BUM! Halloween is a scary time of year but when bestselling team Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird get in on the act, the...

Sometimes a rabbit just wants to go for a swim! But is that the best idea when the sign says "No Swimming"?Packed with Ross Collins's characteristic humour, No Swimming is a hilarious cautionary tale - a perfect read-aloud picture book...

  Bound into this playful and energetic rhyming text featuring an adorable cast of dogs.   Bound into this playful and energetic rhyming text featuringan adorable cast of dogs. Whether it's getting marvellously muddy, leaping andlolloping or hiding...

New Zealand: Untouched Landscapes is a fresh and strikingly beautiful collection of landscape photographs that have been captured throughout the county by professional photographer, Petr Hlavacek. From our most iconic locations to harder-to-access and protected areas, New Zealand:...

There’s trouble at home — Dad is stinking up the house! Red Pants Boy jumps into action and enlists the whole family to help with a Father’s Day gift for Dad. They combat the smell with roses, perfume...

As the sun rises, which creatures come to life and greet the day? This beautiful picture book explores the busy world of the daytime creatures in Aotearoa New Zealand's bush. It includes many reo Maori phrases that we...

Little Bear, Barney, likes everything to be just right. He always has to have the yummiest porridge, the comfiest chair and the snuggliest blanket. So one night, when Barney can't sleep, he goes out in search of the very best bed in the forest. But Fox's underground bed...

Meet 38 extraordinary children: an electric child, a flying child, elastic, invisible, miniature, a child made of cake. Each child describes their characteristics, tells anecdotes, and presents the special powers that make them unique. A "class photo" brings...

This picture book from Aura Parker stars a beautiful bowerbird on the search for blue! It’s a moving story of longing and connection, that unfolds as the bowerbird’s search sends him soaring across the sea, sky and city....