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A Present from the Past by Jennifer Beck
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
Reading age 6-10 years, a sophisticated picture book. A young girl is reluctantly waiting at the airport for a distant aunt to arrive. She discovers that the aunt is carrying a special gift from the past. During the First World War, soldiers and nurses were given a very special Christmas present from th ...Show more
Christmas Caravan, The by Jennifer Beck
$29.99 NZD
Category: Childrens Books
A small boy living in a caravan park enters a contest for the home with the best Christmas decorations. When the judges fail to show, he
Gypsy Day on the Farm (A Great Kiwi Read) by Jennifer Beck
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
Moving house can be chaotic at the best of times but during Gypsy Week many farming families in New Zealand transport a herd of cows as well. For scores of farmers and sharemilkers around the country, June 1st has become known as Gypsy Day - when farms change ownership and families move entire house ...Show more
Ko Tōku Māmā te Kuini o te Rori by Jennifer Beck, Kawata Teepa (Translated by)
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
This book is the te reo Māori edition of My Mum is the Queen of the Road. Ari and Isabella play with trucks and diggers, making roads in a sandpit. Ari tells Isabella that his mother is a roadworker who works the Stop/Go sign and is called Queen of the Road. Isabella tries to work out why she is a queen ...Show more
Maumahara Ki Tera Noema (Remember That November - Maori Edition) by Jennifer Beck
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
It’s almost Guy Fawkes Night, and at the school speech competition Andy talks about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. The children cheer excitedly, thinking Andy will win the contest. But then, Aroha gets up, wearing a white feather in her hair, and tells the story of another fifth of November - the in ...Show more
My Mum is Queen of the Road by Jennifer Beck
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: near fine
Ari and Isabella play with trucks and diggers, making roads in a sandpit. Ari tells Isabella that his mother is a roadworker who works the Stop/Go sign and is called Queen of the Road. Isabella tries to work out why she is a queen – does she wear diamonds? Does she sit on a throne? Does she have a corgi ...Show more
Nobody's Dog by Jennifer Beck
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A heart-warming story of a boy and a dog, given an added dimension through the creative art of Lindy Fisher. WINNER CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD IN NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2006
Sam Goes Wild by Jennifer Beck
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: Great Kiwi Read
Sam has been ill and his appetite has disappeared. Uncle Nick comes up with a plan to get Sam's appetite back. He suggests his young nephew visit him in Hokitika, on the west coast of the South Island, but he doesn't let on that Sam's holiday will coincide with the famous Wildfoods Festival. Tourists fr ...Show more
Stefania's Dancing Slippers (H/B) by Jennifer Beck & Lindy Fisher
$27.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
"Choose one thing that's most precious to you. That's all we can take." Stefania's choice helps bring her comfort through years of hardship, separation, and a journey of thousands of miles. Set against a background of war, this is a story of courage, love, and family ties. Stephania's dancing slippers a ...Show more
The ANZAC Violin by Jennifer Beck
$27.99 NZD
$29.99 (6% off)
Category: Children & Young Adult
More than 20 years after publication of the classic NZ story, The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton have joined forces again to produce another heartwarming story from the First World War. This time it's the true story of Otago's Alexander Aitken and the violin that travelled with h ...Show more
The Bantam and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck
$19.50 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: very good
It is wartime in Europe. A young soldier from 'a country on the other side of the world' rescues and brings back to health a little bantam, and in the midst of the fighting and devastation an unusual friendship is formed. Every morning the bantam lays an egg for the soldier and his friends and becomes t ...Show more
The Bantam and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Bantam and the Soldier | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 1997 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. It is wartime in Europe. A young soldier from 'a country on the other side of the world' rescues and brings back to health a little bantam, and in the midst of the fighting and devastation an unusual friendship is formed. Every morning the bant ...Show more