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Song of the River by Joy Cowley
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: New Zealand
In this resonant story, Cam the mountain boy follows the river from its trickling source in the mountain snow all the way to the coast. The river leads him through forest, farms, and towns to the salty wind of the sea. Dramatic landscape illustrations evoke a North American landscape and are packed with ...Show more
Song of the River by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's
In this resonant story, Cam the mountain boy follows the river from its trickling source in the mountain snow all the way to the coast. The river leads him through forest, farms, and towns to the salty wind of the sea. Dramatic landscape illustrations evoke a North American landscape and are packed wit ...Show more
The Bakehouse by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's
Bert is eleven and wants nothing more than to fight in the war. But he soon learns that the secrets and danger of war don't always stay at the front line.
The Duck in the Gun by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's
The General and his men are about to fire on a town they are at war with. But the Gunner has bad news - they can't load the gun as there is a duck nesting inside it. The General calls a ceasefire until the gun can be used again and takes a white flag to the opposing town. But the men soon get used to li ...Show more
The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley; Sarah Davis
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's
An appealing and non-stereotypical love story with a strong female main character and a pirate - making this book great for both girls and boys. The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool, to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But wh ...Show more
The Gobbledegook Book: A Joy Cowley Anthology by Joy Cowley & Giselle Clarkson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children's
Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty-Nacketty Noo Noo Noo. Fully re-illustrated with humour ...Show more
The Tiny Woman's Coat by Joy Cowley; Giselle Clarkson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children's
The tiny woman makes a coat of leaves with the help of friends in this vibrant, rhyming tale. The trees, geese, porcupine, horse, and plants all share something so the tiny woman can snip, snip, snip and stitch, stitch, stitch a coat to keep herself warm. Resourcefulness and friendship are at the heart ...Show more