Woodpecker Wham!

First edition
Includes 7 pages of factual information about woodpeckers
Summary: Enter woodpecker world and get a bird's eye view of everyday life: hiding from hawks, feeding hungry chicks, and drilling holes to build homes. Woodpeckers are nature's home builders, creating holes that many other animals live in when the woodpeckers move on. A variety of woodpecker species fly through these pages - perhaps some that live near you

Keys

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Dad tells his daughter imaginative stories about the keys on his key ring and what they unlock, from a zippenburger that takes him to work, to a rocket to collect space noodles for lunch, and a paddock with a woolly mammoth that eats only yellow food. (Publisher)

Daniel's Matariki Feast

New Zealand authors; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Daniel is nervous on his first day at school but through the class activities that mark the Matariki Festival he learns that it is a time of remembering, of sharing and beginning new friendships. He learns the true importance of Maori New Year

Mrs. Mo's Monster

Summary: A monster with a one-track mind meets his match in an elderly lady called Mrs. Mo. With Mrs. Mos help, the monster is surprised to discover that he can do more than he ever thought but thats not the only surprise Mrs. Mo has in store

Muddle & Mo

Muddle is a loveable, slightly confused yet enthusiastic little duckling who
asks lots and lots of questions.
Mo is a long-suffering not very adventurous white goat who has lots of patience.
They are best of friends, but Muddle is rather confused about what type of animals they both are. Fortunately, during the course of their walk together Mo helps muddle get his duck identity sorted out.

Hugo and the tortoise

Summary: Hugo finds a tortoise on his way home from school but when Boris the tortoise escapes from his cage, Hugo discovers that the tortoise has another home

Little Red Riding Hood, not quite

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Based on a traditional English folk tale collected by Robert Southey
Summary: A humorous adaptation of the traditional fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood. The story is narrated but includes interjections by a child listener, questioning the validity of events. Companion title to The Three Bears. (Publisher)

For all creatures

Paperback edition
Summary: For all creatures - the great and the small, the winged and the walking, the singing and the silent - we are thankful. This second collaboration by the award-winning team of Glenda Millard and Rebecca Cool is a celebration of the beauty and mystery of life in its many forms

Isabella's Garden

This is the story of Isabella's garden. 
And what happens when a small seed is planted...

Play in the Garden : fun projects for kids to enjoy outdoors

Sarah O'Neil is a keen gardener and mum to two boys, Timothy and Joseph, who have enjoyed helping to produce this book. (Back cover)
Summary: Kids don't have the patience or the interest in having their own garden patch, they just want to have fun! Sarah O'Neil knows this well. Her series of clever outdoor projects will get kids outside throughout the growing season, having fun in the vegetable garden. While learning to grow vegetables is covered in the book, the focus is on various cool projects to make and do, with and without the help of grown-ups, and kids will discover at the end that they have learned a lot about gardening Beginning in the spring, they can get their hands dirty testing soil, fool the birds with stone strawberries, race Jack up the beanstalk, stir pots of stinky weed brew, grow plants for free, create a pirate map and find buried treasure, craft corn dolls, design their own stepping stones, and more. (Publisher)

Elizabeth, queen of the seas

First edition
Summary: This is the story of Elizabeth, an elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. When Elizabeth decides to stretch out across a two-lane road, the citizens worry she might get hurt or cause traffic accidents, so a group of volunteers tows her out to sea. But Elizabeth swims all the way back to Christchurch. The volunteers catch her again and again -- each time towing her farther, even hundreds of miles away -- but, still, Elizabeth finds her way back home.  Includes back matter with information about elephant seals

A nest is noisy

Summary: A look at the fascinating world of nests. From tiny bee hummingbird nests to orangutan nests high in the rainforest canopy, an incredible variety of nests are showcased here in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this carefully researched book introduces children to a captivating array of nest facts

Blown away

Summary: Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin. Meet Penguin Blue! It's a windy day, and he has a brand new kite - but where's he going on this maiden flight? Penguin Blue and his friends go on a gloriously illustrated adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites. (From publisher)

P. Zonka lays an egg

First edition
Summary: All of the chickens in the farmyard lay eggs regularly - all except for P. Zonka, that is. She's too busy looking at the colours of the world around her. The other chickens think P. Zonka's just lazy... until she lays the most beautiful egg they've ever seen

I don't want to be a frog

 Other Title: I do not want to be a frog
First edition
Summary: A frog who yearns to be any animal that is cute and warm discovers that being wet, slimy, and full of bugs has its advantages

Small wonders

 Other Title: Jean-Henri Fabre & his world of insects
First edition
Summary: A moth with a sixth sense. A wasp that hunts beetles nearly twice its size. The lives of fascinating creatures such as these were unknown until one man introduced them to the world. Meet Jean-Henri Fabre, one of the most important naturalists of all time. As a boy in the French countryside, Henri spent hours watching insects. He dreamed of observing them in a new way: in their own habitats. What he discovered in pursuing that dream was shocking; these small, seemingly insignificant creatures led secret lives - lives of great drama! With its lively, lyrical text and richly detailed illustrations, this intriguing picture-book biography introduces the man who would forever change the way we look at insects, bringing to life the fascinating world of dazzling beetles, ferocious wasps, and other amazing small wonders that exist all around us

An ambush of tigers

Summary: Have you ever heard of a prickle of porcupines? A tower of giraffes? This fun-filled romp through the animal kingdom introduces collective nouns for animals through wordplay

Luna & Me : : the true story of a girl who lived in a tree to save a forest

 Other Title: Luna and me
First edition
Christy Ottaviano Books
Summary: Social activism combines with environmentalism in this picture book bio of Julia Butterfly Hill and Luna, the thousand-year-old redwood tree whose life she saved

Little red Henry

First edition
Summary: Little redheaded Henry is ready to do things for himself. But is his family ready to let him? (Book cover)

You are (not) small

First edition
Summary: Two fuzzy creatures can't agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests show up, settling it once and for all! (Back cover)
Theodor Seuss Giesel Award winner

Look

Summary: Everyone needs a little attention from time to time, even a gorilla, especially a gorilla.  So how is he going to get the boy to take notice of what he wants?   Using only two words, and irresistible illustrations, Jeff Mack has created an hilarious story about an unlikely friendship, the power of imagination and the joy of books. (Publisher)

Beautiful birds

Other Title: Birds
First edition
Summary: In this stunningly illustrated introduction to the world's most beautiful birds, Jean Roussen and Emmanuelle Walker pay homage to an alphabet of birds in all their feathery fancies. From Warblers to Blue-tits and Kakapos to Owls, Roussen's playful, melodic poem is complemented beautifully by Walker's delicate illustrations

The bear ate your sandwich

First edition
Borzoi Book
Summary: When a sandwich goes missing, it seems that a bear is the unlikely culprit

The noisy paint box

First edition
A junior library guild selection
Summary: Vasily Kandinsky, was one of the very first painters of abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colours as sounds, and sounds as colours. (From book jacket)

If you plant a seed

First edition
Summary: While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness

A chicken followed me home

First edition
Summary: A nonfiction picture book exploration of chickens, and all the fascinating things about them: how they fly, what they eat, what the different breeds are, and more

Yard sale

First edition
Summary: Callie and her family are moving from their house to an apartment, so they're having a yard sale. It can be hard to let things go, but in the end, it's who you have - not what you have - that counts. (Book cover)

Little bird takes a bath

First edition
Summary: The only thing Little Bird likes about the rain is the puddles it leaves behind, but after flying through Manhattan to find the perfect puddle, his bath is interrupted again and again

A castle full of cats

Other Title: Cats
First edition
Summary: The queen is devoted to her cats and they know they are loved, but when they try to win the king's affection, they drive him right out of the castle - at least for a while

That's what wings are for

Summary: There are three things that all respectable dragons need: strong wings for flying. Strong lungs for breathing fire. and strong, shiny scales. But Bluey the Gragon has none of these. Even so, Bluey has other abilities, some of them truly wonderful ... if only he can work out what they are

Spots in a box

First U.S. edition

Summary: Ordering some spots by mail when he worries about his lack thereof, a young guinea fowl is surprised by his delivery, which contains spots of various sizes, colors, and patterns

Bogtrotter

Summary: Every morning Bogtrotter runs across the bog, up the bog, down the bog and around the bog until its time to go home. Sometimes he wishes things would change, but he doesnt know how or what or why. Until one afternoon, when he picks a flower for the first time in his life

The duck and the darklings

Summary: Grandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing! This is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn

Chandra's magic light : a story in Nepal

Summary: Chandra and her sister Deena see a demonstration of a 'magic light,' a solar-powered lantern, at a market near their home in Nepal and are determined to buy one, knowing it will help their little brother's cough to stop using kerosene lamps. Includes facts about Nepal and a DIY solar energy project

Motiti Blue and the oil spill : a story from the Rena disaster

Summary: On 5 October 2011 a large container ship grounded on a reef off the coast of the Bay of Plenty, spilling an estimated 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the ocean. The impact was devastating, not only for the people of the area, but for the many thousands of birds and sea creatures who were covered in the toxic oil. One of these oiled birds, a little blue penguin we've named Motiti Blue, was rescued and treated at the Te Maunga Oiled Wildlife Response Centre. This is the story of his recovery and release. (Back cover)

The eagle inside

Summary: A colourful modern-day fable about Jimmy the honeyeater's first day of flying school, evoking the feel of traditional Indigenous storytelling

Construction

Summary: Busy workers and noisy machines build a new library. With rhymes and onomatopoeic words to read aloud

Once a shepherd

On cover: A story of love and war
Summary: Once there was a shepherd, a very special coat - and hope. A tale of a soldier going to war and leaving his young family. (From back cover)

Swimming

Summary: Ben dived. Jessica dived. Rodney dived. And Emma went WHACK! It was the belly-whacker of all belly-whackers. Emma is a swimming superstar. But can she learn to dive? (Back cover)

Footy

Summary: Joe marked the footy. He ran with it as fast as he could. Then he handballed to Angus. 'Dropping the ball!' shouted the umpire. Joe is awesome at footy. So why is handballing so hard? (Back cover)

Barky the barking dog

Summary: He barks all day, he barks all night - he's Barky the barking dog! (Back cover)
This hilarious story starring Barky the Barking Dog from the bestselling The 13-Storey Treehouse has been formatted especially for beginner readers.

Ten unlucky pirates

Ten unlucky pirates re invading Andy and Terry's treehouse!
But not for long...
This hilarious story from the bestselling The 26-Storey Treehouse has been formatted especially for beginner readers. (Back of Book).

Flat Stanley

First published 1964
Amazing things can happen when you are flat!
Stanley Lambchop is just a normal healthy boy, but ever since a large notice board fell on him, he's been only half an inch thick.
Stanley gets rolled up, sent in the post, flown like a kite, and helps catch two dangerous art thieves. He may be flat, but he's a hero!

Love that dog

A ground-breaking novel about a boy's growing interest in poetry as he finds his voice and tells his own story.

Conrad Cooper's last stand

New Zealand author
Summary: Set in 1978 against the Bastion Point occupation. ... Dear Tane, I've never prayed to a god, so hope this is okay. If I get it wrong, don't strike me down with a thunderbolt or anything - I'm just a kid. Conrad Cooper needs a favour. He's just found out about Tane, the god of the forest, and he's decided that Tane is the perfect guy to solve his family problems. After all, the more high-profile gods probably have huge waiting lists, right? In return, Conrad will do anything to repay Tane, no matter how much trouble it causes. But will a Maori god listen to the prayers of a ten-year-old Pakeha boy? And, worse still, does Tane even exist

Witch wars

Summary: When Fran the Fabulous Fairy turns up in Tiga Whicabim's shed to tell her she's a witch, Tiga doesn't believe her. Or at least not until Fran points out that TIGA WHICABIM is actually an anagram of I AM A BIG WITCH and magics her away down the drainpipes to compete in Witch Wars - the competition to crown the next Top Witch of Ritzy City

The big fat cow that goes kapow

Oh no – watch out!
Don't look now!
Inside this book is an EXPLODING cow!

FIVE... 
FOUR... 
THREE...
TWO... 
ONE...
KAPOW!

More rhyming mayhem and comic madness from the bestselling duo of the inspired JUST! series. Andy Griffiths rhyming text – that will entice and engage the most reluctant child to read while laughing all the way – is hilariously counterpointed by Terry Denton

The bad book

 Warning! This book contains nothing but bad stories, bad drawings, bad poems, bad cartoons, and bad riddles about bad characters doing bad things. It is a very, very, very bad book.

The very bad book

In a very bad wood,
There was a very bad house.
And in that very bad house,
There was a very bad room.
And in that very bad room,
There was a very bad cupboard.
And in that very bad cupboard,
There was a very bad shelf.
And on that very bad shelf,
There was a very bad box.
And in that very bad box,
There was a VERY BAD BOOK...
AND THIS IS IT!!!

The Bakehouse

Bert wants nothing more than to be old enough to fight in the war - to handle weapons, defend his country, and have a life filled with adventure. Little does he know that the secrets and danger of war don’t always stay at the front line, and that one boy’s actions can change everything.