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Animals of Aotearoa (HB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$35.00 NZD
Category: Animals
Animals of Aotearoa is 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 anima ...Show more
At the Beach: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Seashore by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's | Series: Explore and Discover
At the Beach is a delightful introduction to the natural history of the New Zealand seashore. The stage is set with beautiful, factually correct illustrations (including detailed cross-sections) of three familiar habitats - the sandy beach, rockpools and mudflats. Many of the plants and animals that p ...Show more
From Moa to Dinosaurs (PB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fauna
From Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed 'explore & discover' series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in ancient New Zealand. The book begins with a glimpse of the animals that lived in New Zealand just before people arrived. It then goes back in time, providing s ...Show more
In the Bush: Explore & Discover New Zealand's Native Forests (PB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fauna | Series: Explore & Discover
In the Bush is the fourth title in the popular and award-winning 'explore discover' series. The successful author and illustrator combination of Gillian Candler and Ned Barraud, turn their attention to the New Zealand bush and its iconic animals and plants. Young readers will be fascinated to learn more ...Show more
In the Garden: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Backyard by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fauna | Series: Explore & Discover
In the Garden introduces young children to common creatures they can find in a New Zealand garden. It is the only guide available for young children and families that shows creatures in their natural habitats. The book describes their relationship with other living things, and includes many interesting ...Show more
Mangō: Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa by Ned Barraud; Andrew Stewart
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children's
The oceans surrounding Aotearoa New Zealand are home to over a hundred astonishing and strange species of sharks and rays. This fact-filled book takes you down into the fascinating underwater lives of these expert hunters, illustrates their evolution and explores their place in our culture. And it expla ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Beasts (PB) by Ned Barraud
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fauna
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 thei ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Birds (PB) by Ned Barraud
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's
New Zealand’s Backyard Birds is a children’s guide to the birds that live in their backyard, both native birds, such as tūi, and pīwakawaka/fantail, and introduced birds such as thrush, blackbird and sparrow. With useful background information about birds in general and stunning illustrations by Ned Bar ...Show more
Rock Pools: A Guide for Kiwi Kids (PB) by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Flora
What New Zealand child is not delighted by a rockpool at low tide, with its colourful, fascinating array of creatures, some still, some flitting about? Rockpools is a book designed to enhance this experience, with each page presenting an intriguing glimpse into the creatures that inhabit these low-tide ...Show more
Tohora: The Southern Right Whale (PB) by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Animals
Once, the mighty tohora, or southern right whale, was a common sight in winter off the coast of Aotearoa. But it proved to be an easy target for the 19th-century whalers, and was soon driven to the edge of extinction. In the 20th century, however, it became a protected species, and once commercial whali ...Show more
Tuatara, A Living Treasure by Katie Furze & Ned Barraud
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's
Meet Tuatara, ancient wonder, wildlife treasure ... and survivor! Blinking, she pulls her scaly body into the light. She's as long as a finger, and with the row of spines on her back she looks like a baby dragon. Tuatara are survivors of an ancient era and sometimes referred to as living wonders - thei ...Show more
Under the Ocean: Explore & Discover New Zealand's Sea Life (PB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fauna | Series: Explore & Discover
Under the Ocean introduces young children to the creatures that live in the seas around New Zealand. The book describes different habitats: underwater reefs, the sea floor, the open ocean and the deep ocean. Animals featured in the fact pages include octopus and squid, sharks and rays, whales, dolphins, ...Show more