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Jack
$0.00 NZD
Category: Children | Series: My Thomas Story Library
Part of the "Thomas the Tank Engine" series are: "Arry and Bert", "George", "Jack", "Annie and Clarabel", and "Rheneas".
Journey to Tangiwai - Tangiwai, 1953 by David Hill
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story | Reading Level: very good
The year is 1953. Peter Cotterill starts the year writing in a journal given to him by his Great Aunt. We follow him through a year of many changes as his town of Napier struggles through hard times in the aftermath of WWII. He joins the scouts and learns to overlook the small-town class structure. The ...Show more
Journey to Tangiwai: The Diary of Peter Coterill, Napier, 1953 (My Story) by David Hill
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My story | Reading Level: 10-13
Reading age 10 years and up.When Peter Cotterill begins his diary in 1953, little does he realise that something is happening elsewhere in New Zealand that is going to have a huge impact on his life. As he tells of his day-to-day life in Napier - school, paper round, Scouts, as well as the lasting effec ...Show more
Kauri in My Blood: The Diary of Laura Ann Findlay, the Coromandel, 1921-24 (My New Zealand Story) by Joanna Orwin
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
Laura Anne Findlay lives among giants - the mighty kauri trees of the Coromandel forest. It is the 1920s, and the last remnants of kauri forest are being cleared for timber and farmland. When Laura's father becomes ill, the family is split up. Laura's mother takes a job as a bush cook in a kauri logging ...Show more
Kevin (Thomas Story Library) by .
$3.95 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Thomas Story Library
Another title in the Thomas and Friends series (Paperback 137 x 15mm)
Lady Jane Grey (My Story) by Sue Reid
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story | Reading Level: 11+
This is the tragic story of Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. Jane grew up watching her cousins in training as heirs to the throne, little imagining that by a twist of fate she would one day be crowned. But this is Tudor England where nobody plays fair, and even a queen ...Show more
Land of Promise: The Diary of William Donahue, Gravesend to Wellington, 1839-40 (My New Zealand Story) by Lorraine Orman
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
"Will Donahue and his family are leaving to start a new life in the fledgling colony of New Zealand. Will dreams of adventures in a strange and exotic land far from the world he knows, that of 1830s England. However his father has other, more mundane ideas. He wants Will to join him, working behind the ...Show more
Langdown Manor by Sue Reid
$17.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: MY STORY | Reading Level: From 10 To 14
Struggling to conform to the rigid certainties of the English upper classes and their traditions, Polly believes that she has found her soulmate in Fred, the young and ambitious groom, who feels as out of place in service as she does at the Hall. When theyall for each other their romance has to be kept ...Show more
Little Red Riding Hood (My Very First Story Time) by Rachel Elliot
$14.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Very First Story Time | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
"What big ears you have!" "All the better to hear you with, my dear!" Little Red Riding Hood is a tale of suspense and trickery with lots of thrilling twists and repetitive phrases. Both peril and humour bubble from every page, from the cunning wolf to the brave grandmother. It's never too early to in ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots (My Royal Story) by Kathryn Lasky
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Royal Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
At just 11 years old, the young princess Mary is sent from her native Scotland to live in the court of her future father-in-law, King Henry-II of France. She spends her time attending balls, hunting and hawking, learning Latin and fractions and music, and playing with her future husband, Francis. But al ...Show more
Mission Girl: Paihia, c.1840 (My New Zealand Story) by Fleur Beale
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
"I choose to start my story at a distant time. A time before I knew it was possible to take the words from my mouth and draw them in marks on paper. My story begins on the day when my world changed forever. I was very young, but the memory of that day is as enduring as greenstone. I write it now so that ...Show more
My Australian Story: Don Bradman and Me by Peter Allen
$17.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
The Don is my hero because he is the greatest batsman in the world. Dad says all Australians are proud of The Don, even those who don't normally follow cricket. He says The Don is an inspiration to everyone, because whenever he gets a big score, people smile and forget about their troubles. There are lo ...Show more