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How Do Dinosaurs Go To School
Jane Yolen And Mark Teague

$20.00 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )

What would you do if a very large ceratosaurus stomped into your classroom? And what if the student sitting next to you was a gigantic silvisaurus – who decided to jump on top of his desk?

Come along for a very unusual... More »

A Rose For The Anzac Boys
Jackie French

$16.00 (Paperback book / Harper Collins )

It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific scale in the trenches of France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen–year–old New Zealander Midge Macpherson, at school in England learning to be a young lady. ... More »

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Pip: The Story Of Olive
Kim Kane

$15.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )

What happened to Olive wasn't because she'd only ever felt half. It didn't even happen because her house was full of crap-knacks and clutter, because she called her mother Mog, or because she knew of a man named WilliamP... More »

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle

$16.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )

Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way... More »


Down The Back Of The Chair
Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar

$12.95 (Paperback book / Walker Books )

When Dad loses his keys, toddler Mary suspects they are down the back of the chair. Join in the fun as the family search and find everything from a bandicoot and a bumble bee to a string of pearls and a lion with curls. ... More »

Invention Of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick

$27.00 (Hardcover book / Scholastic )

This intriguing story of Hugo Cabret – an orphan and timekeeper secretly living within the walls of a busy Paris train station – is a mystery in many ways. Children will love the book’s unusual story with its dramatic il... More »


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