THE SAMPLING: Three chapters from Go Girl
Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women by Barbara Else is a collection of inspiring true stories about New Zealand women who have done...
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THE SAMPLING: Dawn Raid by Pauline Smith
Dawn Raid is the 28th book in Scholastic NZ's 'My New Zealand Story' series, which brings to life significant events in our history as...
THE SAMPLING: Lyla a novel by Fleur Beale
Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is...
THE SAMPLING: Rosie Joy by Sophie Siers
It's spring on the farm and springtime is always busy at Rosie Joy's. There are crops to plant and baby lambs everywhere. Rosie Joy and...
THE SAMPLING: Dinosaur Trouble: The Runaway Coat
The Runaway Coat is Book 3 of the brand new hilarious junior fiction series from the creators of the bestselling Dinosaur Rescue. Mewburn...
THE SAMPLING: Taupo Blows!, by Doug Wilson
Rachel and Sam are at home alone with their dog Choky when the biggest volcano on New Zealand's Volcanic Plateau erupts without warning....
THE SAMPLING: Into the White, by J Grochowicz
The enthralling and harrowing true story of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, with evocative photographs, and...
THE SAMPLING: One House for All and Witchfairy
Book Island began here in New Zealand, but is now based in Bristol in the UK. These two books are focused on how to embrace difference....
THE SAMPLING: Rain Fall, by Ella West (Allen & Unwin)
I'm not running late like I usually am. Maybe that's why I look in the river, maybe that's why I stop when I see it. A dark-coloured...
THE SAMPLING: Catch Me When You Fall
A moving novel about learning to find happiness in the face of uncertainty and discovering a love that transcends the boundary between...
THE SAMPLING: Time Twins, by Astridge & Norlin
Eleven-year-old Astrid thinks she is imagining the quiet boy who appears in her room in the middle of the night and then vanishes as if...
THE SAMPLING: Lily Max: Sun, Surf, Action
Young fashionista Lily Max reunites with her long-lost BFF Greer at a beautiful surf beach, where the movie 'Wave' is being filmed. A...
THE SAMPLING: How to Bee, by Bren MacDibble
A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the...
THE SAMPLING: All Our Secrets, by Jennifer Lane
All Our Secrets is set in a small town called Coongahoola, with the dark Bagooli River running through it. After the Virgin Mary appears...
THE SAMPLING: The Spaghetti Giraffe, by Sarah Johnson
The lovely Mina Cucina is a terrible cook! Unfortunately the Great Bonbon Confectionation, which every person in the town must enter, is...
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