Picture Storybooks

From New Zealand illustrator Renee Chin comes a wonderful birthday celebration book showcasing the beauty of New Zealand flora and fauna, and the cheekiness of the native Kea.

Moose, the dashing bush pilot from Puffin the Architect, is to the rescue! With a full plane and bad weather, too, but three youngsters need his help, and this is the job he loves... I'm Moose! And I fly a plane with wheels, floats and skis. I move parcels, food and folk high abo...ve the trees. Pilot Moose lives up high in a treehouse and has a very important job delivering goods in his bush plane through sun, snow and rain, landing in all kinds of terrain. But on this day, his adventures are even more exciting than usual - three fluffy youngsters need his help! This is the third visually stunning story set in the delightful world of Puffin the Architect and her friends. The adventures of daring Pilot Moose will captivate readers young and old - especially fans of flying machines!
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The delightful rhyming story of Ruru and Kiwi, who host a midnight forest party for their friends, with award-winning illustrations. The Ruru and Kiwi went into the bush, wrapped snug in night's velvety black. They took some runny manuka honey tied up in a flax-woven sack. Drawin...g on a cast of nocturnal New Zealand creatures, with award-winning illustrations by Amy Haarhoff, Clare Scott's story imagines Edward Lear's famous nonsense poem taking place in a moonlit forest in Aotearoa.
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Tu Meke Tuatara! is a story about empathy, friendship and discovering that sometimes the best way we can feel better about ourselves, is to help someone else.

One ordinary Wednesday night, as Orla was dreaming, a storm arrived that caused the world to turn upside down and inside out" Highly acclaimed clinical psychologist and science communicator Jacqui Maguire has crafted a book that magically entwines children's storytelling with ...evidence-based psychology. Follow Orla's journey and learn how to harness your inner superpowers to navigate the emotional rollercoaster from unexpected change. Grown-ups might learn a thing or two as well! Throughout our lifetime we will all experience change and challenge. Common events that impact children include: marriage separation and family breakdowns, relocation, transitions to a new school, and the arrival of new siblings. The current navigation of Covid-19 also highlighting the impact of unimaginable changes. Whilst we can never erase change from life, learning and maintaining evidence-based wellbeing skills will support children and their families to cope more effectively. When the Wind Blew provides a series of practical psychological tools that can be easily practiced by all. These are easy and affordable home-based ideas that will help teach children coping mechanisms they will be able to use throughout their life. Jacqui Maguire states ""wellbeing is earnt through our daily actions. It is critical that children witness desired behaviour from the adults surrounding them, and have those behaviours positively reinforced. Tools like this book support parents with a road map. We can't expect all adults to know what to do just because they are parents. As a clinical community, we need to be providing accessible evidence-based guidance."" Beautifully packaged, this enticing story for children is illustrated by New Zealand artist Charlotte Schryvers and is a must-have for any parent, grandparent or teacher wanting to help their child navigate change.
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