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Board book with peep holes on each page. Look through the holes to see what happens next.

16cm x 16cm. 0-3yrs.

Board book with peep holes on each page. Look through the holes to see what happens next.

16cm x 16cm. 0-3yrs.

Board book with peep holes on each page. Look through the holes to see what happens next.

16cm x 16cm. 0-3yrs.

Board book with peep holes on each page. Look through the holes to see what happens next.

16cm x 16cm. 0-3yrs.

Board book with peep holes on each page. Look through the holes to see what happens next.

16cm x 16cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.

Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

21cm x 21cm. 0-3yrs.

From our heads to our toes, these vibrant pictures with words in English and Maori are the perfect introduction to animals for Kiwi Babies.

From backyards and farms to the wildness and forests of Aotearoa, these vibrant pictures with words in English and Maori are the perfect introduction to animals for Kiwi Babies.

Simple bilingual colour board book. Includes the colour with its name in Maori and English and stylised kiwi images that represent the different creatures that live in our ocean.

Simple bilingual colour board book. Includes the colour with its name in Maori and English and stylised kiwi images of the vehicles found at airports, building sites, on the road and out to sea.

Simple bilingual colour board book. Includes the colour with its name in Maori and English and stylised kiwi images that represent each colour.

Simple bilingual counting board book. Includes the numeral with Maori and English names for each number. It is the ideal companion to Colours for Kiwi Babies (PN77114).

Boxed set tahi (series 1) includes 3 bilingual board books:
- Kararehe - Animals
- Kakahu - Getting Dressed
- Kanohi - My Face

Find simple, repetitive sentences you will use in everyday situations and plenty of new kupu for your vocabulary.

0-5yrs.

Boxed set rua (series 2) includes 3 bilingual board books:
- Nga Ahua - Shapes
- Te Kaute - Counting
- Nga Tae - Colours

Gain more everyday sentence structures and acquire knowledge of shapes, numbers and colours.

0-5yrs.

Boxed set toru (series 3) includes 3 bilingual board books:
- Mahi - Actions
- Kare a-roto - Feelings
- Kupu Tauaro - Opposites

Introduces simple pro-noun use, language for simple introductions, wellbeing enquiries and responses, and actions.

0-5yrs.

This compilation of words and sentence structures used in the Te Reo Singalong series, as well as some new ones, is a perfect Maori language companion for adults and children. Download the accompanying app to check your pronunciation, and increase your fluency in Maori vocabulary and sentence structure.

Perfect for those wanting to discover, learn and use everyday words in te reo Maori. The illustrations in this hard-cover book are designed to help with comprehension, particularly for younger learners. Over 1000 Maori words, translated into English.

Help your tamariki learn te reo Maori with this brilliant first words bilingual book. With pictures labelled with the Maori and English words, each page introduces the concepts and words children use as they first begin to talk, get to know people and explore the world around them.

This book gives an example of a pepeha template so children can learn how to introduce themselves in a traditional Maori way. Three children demonstrate their names, their mountains, their rivers, their parents’ names and where they are from. There is also a second sound track so children can learn to fill in the gaps with their own pepeha.

Includes:
- Repetitive sentence structure: “Ko wai to …..?” (What is your….?)
- Singalong CD whicor audio dohnload w turns the book into a song
- English translation
- Activity ideas
- Picture glossary
- Guitar chords

This book is about morning routines in the home and brings a previously written song to life in a book. The song, by Ruia Aperahama, is a joyful way to celebrate the new day with children, and the photos in the book bring the song to life.

Includes:
- Repetitive sentence structure: “Kei te whiti mai te ra.” (The sun is shining)
- Singalong CD or audio download which turns the book into a song
- English translation
- Activity ideas
- Picture glossary
- Guitar chords

There are many reasons why teachers and children adore this book, which follows an extended whanau through a day of Matariki celebrations. It’s a perfect fit for your Matariki focus in early childhood and primary school, and the beautiful song is like a soothing lullaby.

Includes:
- Repetitive sentence structure: “He pai ki ahau ...” (I like the ...)
- Singalong CD or audio download which turns the book into a song
- English translation
- Activity ideas
- Guitar chords

This book is about the star Puanga and the star cluster Matariki, which work together to herald the Maori New Year for different iwi. It includes information about why some iwi look to Puanga as a sign of the new year.

Includes:
- Repetitive sentence structure: “E ai ki...” (According to… )
- Star map for Matariki, Puanga and the surrounding stars
- Singalong CD or audio download which turns the book into a song
- English translation
- Activity ideas
- Picture glossary
- Guitar chords

The second book celebrating Matariki in the Te Reo Singalong Book series. In this book there is a focus on each of the nine stars in the Matariki cluster, and their relationship to the environment.

Includes:
- Repetitive sentence structure: “Titiro ki runga. Titiro ki runga. Whakarongo ki te taiao.” (Look up. Look up. Listen to the environment.)
- Names of the nine stars of Matariki and their relationship to the environment
- Singalong CD whichor audio download turns the book into a song
- English translation
- Activity ideas
- Guitar chords

New Zealand friends Pukeko, Kiwi and Hoiho are off to explore the stars. Join them as they perform actions and sing along to the waiata while they explore the 9 stars of Matariki.

Bilingual book includes:
- CD with two tracks in English and Maori
- Link to digital tracks
- Music scores

Bilingual book about Matariki - its origins, traditions and how it is celebrated today. The constellation is also shown. The little Kiwi is fast asleep and a beam of moonlight shines right down into her burrow. She wakes, and realises it is time. Hurrying out into the night, she wakes each of her friends from their mid-winter slumber. ‘Kia tere! Hurry!’ she urges them.

Each season has something special about it, and in this book we explore what that is. What shall we wear, where shall we go and what will we see? New sensations, noises and tastes; so much that is new! Follow the children as they spend time discovering the joys of indoor and outdoor play. Creative and inventive, interesting and funny, you will find lots of things that inspire you. 1-4yrs.

Let’s play outside! Rain, snow, sun or wind – there’s a wealth of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures to discover and enjoy. In this book, the author celebrates the immediate and sensory response of children to the natural world – whatever the weather! 1-3yrs.

Each season has something special about it, and in this book we explore what that is. What shall we wear, where shall we go and what will we see? New sensations, noises and tastes; so much that is new! Follow the children as they spend time discovering the joys of indoor and outdoor play. Creative and inventive, interesting and funny, you will find lots of things that inspire you. 1-4yrs.

Each season has something special about it, and in this book we explore what that is. What shall we wear, where shall we go and what will we see? New sensations, noises and tastes; so much that is new! Follow the children as they spend time discovering the joys of indoor and outdoor play. Creative and inventive, interesting and funny, you will find lots of things that inspire you. 1-4yrs.

Let’s play outside! Rain, snow, sun or wind – there’s a wealth of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures to discover and enjoy. In this book, the author celebrates the immediate and sensory response of children to the natural world – whatever the weather! 1-3yrs.

Let’s play outside! Rain, snow, sun or wind – there’s a wealth of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures to discover and enjoy. In this book, the author celebrates the immediate and sensory response of children to the natural world – whatever the weather! 1-3yrs.

Each season has something special about it, and in this book we explore what that is. What shall we wear, where shall we go and what will we see? New sensations, noises and tastes; so much that is new! Follow the children as they spend time discovering the joys of indoor and outdoor play. Creative and inventive, interesting and funny, you will find lots of things that inspire you. 1-4yrs.

Let’s play outside! Rain, snow, sun or wind – there’s a wealth of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures to discover and enjoy. In this book, the author celebrates the immediate and sensory response of children to the natural world – whatever the weather! 1-3yrs.

When the tiny seed is blown away from its parent plant, it travels a very long way - over seas, deserts and mountains. The tiny seed survives the hazards of the journey and finally falls onto fertile earth. It grows and grows, becoming the tallest, biggest flower for miles around. Then one day the wind blows and thousands of the flower's seeds begin their own journeys.

Discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year. Up in the Garden, the world is full of green - leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But Down in the Dirt exists a busy world - earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow - populated by all the animals that make a garden their home.

A spectacular illustrated picture book exploring New Zealand’s unique landscapes and its incredible wildlife by the author of Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story, Gavin Bishop.

Journey through ocean, sky and land to meet a marvellous range of organisms.

Discover fascinating facts, and learn how we influence the survival of our living treasures.

Interest and reading age is 5-12yrs. Hardback, 64 pages.

A must-have compendium for children curious about New Zealand’s wild animals.

Based on the award-winning and best-selling ‘Explore and Discover’ children’s series about New Zealand’s natural history, this book is packed full of illustrations and information about our native animals, both common and rare, as well as many well-known introduced animals. This book includes land and sea birds, frogs and lizards, many kinds of fish and other marine creatures, insects and invertebrates.

This is an essential and beautiful reference book for all New Zealand kids. Children can pore over the pages on their own or read it with an adult, but with such engaging images and fun facts, this is a reference book we will all wish we’d had as a child.

Hardback, 112 pages. Author: Gillian Candler and Ned Barraud.

A unique "look and find" book for all children who want to learn about New Zealand's wildlife.

Every page illustrates a different natural environment, including the forest, the mountains, the beach, rockpools, the ocean, an estuary and a wetland, as well as a wildlife sanctuary. In each of these habitats there are different creatures to be found, some obvious, some more hidden. This book is a fantastic way to teach younger children about New Zealand’s wildlife, and what lives where.

The book also includes a glossary, with interesting information on each creature, which will help expand a child’s knowledge about New Zealand’s remarkable natural world.

Stunning illustrations by leading New Zealand illustrator of natural history, Ned Barraud.

4-7yrs. 26cm x 26cm. Paperback, 32 pages. Author: Ned Barraud.

An engaging guide for children to the birds that that they see and hear in their backyards. Some of these might be native birds, such as the tui, korimako/bellbird, kereru and piwakawaka/fantail. But just as likely they will be introduced birds such as the thrush, blackbird, sparrow and starling.

It brings to life our most accessible wildlife, with details on the different birds we are likely to see around our homes, and useful background information about birds in general. It is the latest book from leading author and illustrator, Ned Barraud (who has also created New Zealand’s Backyard Beasts), and will be an essential companion for every Kiwi child.

Paperback, 36 pages. 29.5cm x 23cm. Author: Ned Barraud.

In the garden, creeping along branches, hiding under stones or flitting from flower to flower, a whole universe of creatures is waiting to be discovered.

- Butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, spiders…what have you found in your backyard?
- Did you know that chorus cicadas live underground for most of their life?
- That bumblebees have smelly feet?
- That some species of stick insect are all female?

In this book, children and adults can learn to identify some of the creatures most commonly found in the backyard. Beautiful illustrations are accompanied by informative text and fascinating facts.

The book also introduces the magical transformations of complete and incomplete metamorphosis that insects undergo in their lifecycle. From the simply curious to the budding entomologist, New Zealand’s Backyard Beasts will please and inform all age groups about the fascinating creatures found in the back garden.

Paperback, 40 pages. Author: Ned Barraud.

Identifying New Zealand's insects, spiders and other land invertebrates is made simple with this guide by best-selling author Andrew Crowe.

Explore over 300 life-size photographs, learn about the life-cycle of different insects and use the handy colour-coded chart for fast, accurate identification.

30cm x 21cm. Paperback, 32 pages.

The weather around us offers a perfect starting point for exploring the wonders of nature. The engaging science experiments and open-ended art activities in this book aim to give children ages 4-8 a basic understanding of the science behind the weather that they experience each day, while also encouraging creativity, questioning, and a spirit of curiosity - perfect for budding naturalists.

Full of accessible information about weather science and the way things work, this hands-on guide to exploring the natural world will inspire a sense of wonder and adventure, no matter what the day brings.

Introduces young children to common creatures they can find in New Zealand gardens. The book describes their habitats and relationship with other living things, and includes many interesting and intriguing facts.

It encourages children to explore their gardens and discover the plants and animals that live there, with sections on bees, wasps and flies; butterflies and moths; snails and spiders; lizards, mammals and birds.

Aimed at children from pre-schoolers and up, the book will also appeal to anyone who is curious about the wild side of New Zealand gardens.

4-8yrs. 23cm x 21cm. Paperback, 32 pages. Author: Gillian Candler and Ned Barraud.

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