 |
Napoleon is STARVING! When he sees his breakfast arriving on the other side of the electric fence, the anticipation is too much! He decides to charge the fence despite the consequences. But things don’t work out the way Napoleon expected!
Pigs love food and will do anything to get it! They are great escape artists! Learn about pigs, the electric fences that keep them in, and the Kiwi inventors who pioneered them. |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
"I have read a lot of farm-based stories for kids, but this is a standout. I loved it!" A Very Greedy Tale is now available on back order for delivery late August For ordering and shipping information, go here |
||||||
 |
It's summer in the '70s and the idea is hatched to go eel hunting. With home-made spears, under the cloak of darkness, the intrepid eelers set off. But everything does not go according to plan. The river is darker and deeper than expected, the eels are slippery and determined not to be caught, and a gruesome discovery is made....
Eeling was common in the 1960s and '70s when eels were large and plentiful in New Zealand. Learn how our unique longfin eel is now threatened and needs our protection.
|
||||||
|
"All the elements of an awesome New Zealand adventure!"
"As a long-time eel-whisperer and old fashioned outdoor girl, I fell in love with this book as soon as I opened it. |
||||||
|
We can autograph your books (not available for books going to the USA). If you would like your book autographed, please say 'yes' in the text box provided and/or write any inscription you would like before you click 'Add to Cart'. |
See ordering and shipping information. |
||||||
 |
Old Truck backfires (farts), graunches gears, won’t start and often has to be towed. Retired, rejected and shut up in a shed, Old Truck feels old and useless. But to the children he is a much loved family member. Is this the end for their beloved Old Truck?
|
||||||
|
"I love it, the kids love it, the teachers love it! The children wanted it read again and again!"
Fiona Woodfield, Teacher, Wee Nippers See ordering and shipping information. |
||||||
 |
Based on a momentous event in their childhood (Dad really did blow up the cowshed), sisters Jennifer and Margery tell the tale just as they experienced it – with exuberant illustrations and dramatic detail. Includes a Glossary.
|
||||||
|
"A true NZ down-on-the-farm story written in catchy rhyme that will make you shake your head and laugh out loud." See ordering and shipping information. |
||||||