Welcome kids!

Welcome to our kids page, here you'll find details about our latest top books, links to activity sheets, trailers and much more! Plus make sure you try our thematic and age search above - it helps you find exactly what you are after!

New Releases

The Adventures of Tupaia is the incredible story of the Tahitian priest navigator who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa. Learn more about Tupaia with our trailer and teachers notes. 

Be udderly mooooved by this special anniversary edition of Moo and Moo and the Little Calf Too, the charming story of Kaikoura's quake cows.

Based on true events, Cleo & Rob is the gorgeous picture book version of Helen Brown's heartwarming story, Cleo.

Little Nic’s Big Day is a heart-warming celebration of all the wonderful ways kids are truly themselves.

Funny Bones is a bumper book full of jokes, hilarious poems, funny stories and side-splitting drawings from some of some of Australia's favourite and funniest people that raises money for international aid charity, War Child Australia. 

From beloved picture book creator, Alison Lester, comes The Painted Ponies! A big, beautiful story about wild ponies and a girl from a travelling show. 

Stories aloud:

Paperback picture books to make a noise about! Each book comes with a free audio reading using children's voices, complete with sound effects and original music. Just scan the QR code (found on the inside cover) with your smartphone or tablet and hear the story! Check out the full list here.