Sam Vole and his Brothers

Another wonderful picture book from the makers of the Big Bear and Little Bear series. Sam wants to do something on his own, but everywhere he goes, his big brothers go too! He goes collecting grass...but Arthur and Henry go with him and they collect more than he does. It's the same with nuts, and daisies...so one morning Sam sneaks out very early and goes voling on his own. But then he realiZes that he misses his brothers if they're not there! This charming story by an award-winning team will appeal to every younger sibling who occasionally feels overshadowed.

The Great Piratical Rumbustification

Summary: Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise
New Zealand author
First published: 1978

Watch Me!

Dolphin Paperbacks
A delightful collection of favourite stories to stir the imagination. Here's a boy who travels the world in bounces, another who meets a ghost, and Toby and Claire whose aunt is a witch!

Each new chapter is full of fun and surprises. Mahy adeptly mixes the fantastic and the familiar to give a fresh read which readers will want to pick up again and again.

Watch Me! was originally published as The Third Margaret Mahy Storybook and is a companion volume for Wonderful Me! and Wait for Me! Illustrated by Peter Bailey

Wonderful Me!

Witches, mermaids, dragons, a boy who plays the violin and a girl who finds a dinosaur egg - all these and more appear in this book of stories and poems by one of the great writers of children's books.

Wonderful Me! is originally published as The First Margaret Mahy Book and these much-loved stories have appeared in many anthologies. As fresh and new as when they were first written, they are perfect to read aloud. Drawings by Peter Bailey.

The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate

Sam was an ordinary person who wore an ordinary suit and ordinary shoes. He worked in a neat office writing down figures all day. But Sam's mother was a PIRATE!

Kaitangata Twitch

TV tie-in, New Zealand
What happens to a girl who has dangerous dreams? What if the land itself punishes those who would harm it? Now adapted into a major, 13-part TV series, this spell-binding supernatural thriller was written by internationally acclaimed New Zealand author Margaret Mahy.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever

Summary: Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sort of.The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays? (Publisher)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

 Other Title: Dog days
Summary: In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal

 Other Title: Greg Heffley's journal
Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into high school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving.
Luckily Greg has his best friend and sidekick, Rowley. But when Rowley's popularity starts to rise, it kicks off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

 Other Title: Rodrick rules
Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer holidays, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.
As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him... and one event in particular.
Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother Rodrick knows all about the incident. And secrets have a way of getting out... especially when a diary is involved.