100 Things to Know About Space by Various
Category: Childrens Books | Series: 100 Things to Know Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Space is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style, with snippets of information about all aspects of space exp ...Show more
Wind-up Racing Cars by Sam Taplin
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Usborne Wind-up Books
Presents the thrills and spills of the Grand Prix. This title features three sturdy tracks embedded in the pages. It accompanies two wind-up racing car toys that can be raced, overtaking one another, crashing and swerving to be the first to reach the finish line.
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Category: Picture Books | Series: The Gruffalo | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
Explore the deep, dark wood with this wonderful interactive sound book version of the bestselling modern classic, The Gruffalo. A mouse took a stroll through the deep, dark wood.A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good. Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-wi ...Show more
The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson
Category: Board Books | Series: The Gruffalo | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
"The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo shouldEver set foot in the deep dark wood." But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist . . . does he? The Gruffalo's Child is the Number One best-se ...Show more
The Eel Hunt (Tales From The Farm) by Jennifer Somervell; Margery Fern (Illustrator)
Category: Sale Book
It's summer in the '70s and an idea is hatched to go eel hunting on the Manawatu River. With home-made spears, under the cloak of darkness, the intrepid eelers set off. But everything does not go according to plan. The river is darker and deeper than expected, the eels are slippery and determined not to ...Show more
Matilda (Original Text) by Roald Dahl; Quentin Blake
Category: Chapter Books | Series: New 2016 Covers | Reading Level: very good
"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams "So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone." Ma ...Show more
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Category: Chapter Books | Series: New 2016 Covers | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl is the story of a detestable breed of Witches. BEWARE.Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children.The Grand High Witch hates ...Show more
Winnie-the-Pooh (Classic Editions HB) by A. A. Milne
Category: Kids Retro Classics | Series: Winnie-The-Pooh
Blackstone Audiobooks presents, from the unabridged collection "A. A. Milne's Pooh Classics," the ten stories of Winnie-the-Pooh performed by Peter Dennis. Come with us to an enchanted place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo. The stories are ab ...Show more
Dr Seuss' Oh, The Places You'll Go - Deluxe Gift Edition by Dr Seuss
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Dr. Seuss
The classic Dr. Seuss tale about the journey ahead of all of us as we grow up, now in a beautiful slipcased, hardback gift edition. From fun times and triumphs to lurches and slumps, Dr. Seuss takes an entertaining look at the adventures that life may have in store for us. This special edition hardback ...Show more
The Wonky Donkey (Board) by Craig Smith
Category: Board Books | Series: Wonky Donkey | Reading Level: very good
In this very funny, cumulative song, each page tells us something new about the donkey until we end up with a spunky, hanky-panky, cranky, stinky, dinky, lanky, honky-tonky, winky, wonky donkey which will have children in fits of laughter!
ANZAC Heroes by Maria Gill
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Discover the triumphs and tragedies of 24 heroic Australasians during World War One and Two. Read the biographies of ANZAC soldiers, as well as Air Force and Navy soldiers, medics, a spy, an ambulance driver and an humanitarian, surviving in battles in England, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Paci ...Show more
Enemy Camp by David Hill
Category: Chapter Books
'We knew straightaway that something was happening. Extra men in khaki uniforms stood at the main gates. Behind the wire, figures in blue sat on the ground. None of the usual moving around, washing up, wrestling, anything like that. Just rows of prisoners, sitting silently.' It's 1942, and the tiny farm ...Show more