A compilation of rhymes for parents and children to enjoy together. This interactive text encourages movement, actions, noise and laughter, contributing to memories of shared times. Spend time with your toddler exploring this delightful book of nursery rhymes. Here you’ll find many well-known rhymes, with a sprinkling of modern variations, for every occasion in a young child’s day. Printed on durable board, large enough to share, and filled with delightful toddlers, this book is bound to become a much-loved addition to every nursery bookcase.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 10

Dimensions: 268 x 268 x 8 mm

Publication Date: 10-07-2013

Pick up virtually any textbook on vertebrate evolution and you will find mention of the curious reptile known as tuatara (Sphenodon). The special evolutionary status of tuatara as the last of the rhynchocephalians - one of the four orders of living reptiles - is unquestioned. Wild members of the sole living species are now restricted to a few dozen remote islands around the New Zealand coast, where for several centuries they have been observed and studied by humans. But are tuatara really unchanged 'living fossils', or close relatives of dinosaurs, as sometimes portrayed?

This is the first detailed monograph for decades about this enigmatic reptile, and the first to be illustrated in colour throughout. The evolution, natural history and conservation of tuatara are covered in comprehensive detail, providing a valuable resource for the specialist yet in a style accessible to a wide readership. The special place of tuatara in Maori and popular culture is also considered. Tuatara have survived alongside humans for more than 700 years, though with their numbers much reduced; what are their future prospects in a globally changing world?

Bind: hardback

Pages: 600

Dimensions: 190 x 258 mm

Publication Date: 20-08-2014

In this lavishly illustrated book, Canterbury gardener, Margaret Long, tells the fascinating story of Frensham, considered one of New Zealand’s finest gardens. As though we are right there with her, the reader is taken on a tour through the seasons, listening as we go to Margaret’s thoughts and insights about why this plant was placed here or that tree there, what is behind her choices not just of plantings but also structures, materials, colours. This very personal and yet informative perspective on thirty years of gardening with passion makes for a delightful book to be treasured and shared. Highly acclaimed garden photographer, Juliet Nicholas, has “lived” with Frensham for an entire year, photographing its changes through the months and the seasons and providing a unique insight into the growth and development of these beautiful gardens, as well as capturing one of the most frequently written comments in Frensham’s visitors’ book: ‘The garden is so peaceful’. https://www.book2look.com/book/9780995105324

Bind: hardback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 200 x 238 mm

Publication Date: 24-03-2019

Few kinds of fruit taste as naturally fresh and sweet as wild berries - and afford so many health benefits! This book is a feast for berry lovers, whether they enjoy growing them in their garden or eating them in salads, cakes, and other succulent recipes. The author shares his experience and knowledge about growing, collecting, and preserving berries, their history and the positive influence berries may have on our health. More than 30 species of culinary berries and berrylike fruits are presented in details, with pictures and gardening tips (protecting berries from birds; how to water berries). More than 70 original recipes with berries, described step-by-step and beautifully illustrated, accompany these profiles: from jams, juices and coulis to turkey roulade with redcurrants, mojito with raspberries and fresh mint, or cranberry bread, to name but a few of these savory treats.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 184

Dimensions: 170 x 240 mm

Preschool children are fascinated to see the real life tractors and machines in this 40 minute film introduced by their favourite farm cartoon, Tractor Ted.



Our top selling title packed full of the things we like best - Tractors! First up is a visit to a New Holland factory to see how a big blue multi-horsepowered tractor is made using lots of technical machinery. A big transporter takes it off to the agricultural merchants while Tractor Ted's friend, Les shows us his shiny new tractor. Poor Les, his day doesn't end well when he finds a water leak and ends up getting very wet! Children can see tractors at work doing all sorts of jobs like lifting, pushing, pulling and one or two extremely smelly jobs that always make kids giggle!



Tractor Ted has lots of interaction with the children as he pops up on screen to narrate the real life action. He encourages them to listen, count, read and sing to the film and they pick up lots of great knowledge while loving it.

Bind: dvd

Publication Date: 24-07-2014

The Mighty Maize Machine is captivating. The amazing forage harvester is hard at work, singalong as he collects the grass silage and harvests the maize. So many machines packed into this brilliant dvd including feed wagons, rakes, mowers, JCB and more. Ted visits two dairies one with cows and one with sheep! Poor Les forgets something rather important, just as well the children are there!

Bind: dvd

Publication Date: 02-01-2012

The latest in the Tractor Ted series gives a fascinating insight into the day in the life of a horse and in this case a racehorse. Watch how fast they are on the gallops and how many machines are needed in caring for them. A wonderful dvd full of fantastic footage including horses swimming and laughter as poor Les loses his tractor keys. A big hit with machine and animal lovers.

Bind: dvd

Publication Date: 02-01-2012

Watch how some vegetables grow above ground and some below and all the different machines used to harvest them. A puncture has to be repaired before work can begin and the waste from the children’s vegetable garden is taken away for recycling. Enjoy a visit to the farm shop to see a cake being made from carrots. No better way to get children into veg and growing their own!

Bind: dvd

Publication Date: 02-01-2012

Tractor Ted takes a visit to an organic farm and is shown a different way to weed a field and grow vegetables. Deep clover beds are harvested and little ladybirds and bugs are hard at work.

Bind: dvd

Publication Date: 02-01-2012

Watch how you have to care for the cows on the Tractorland farm to get lots of milk from them. See the silage making with some fantastic machines including swath turners, balers and a bale wrapper. A film which dispels the myth that milk arrives by magic at the supermarket!

Bind: dvd

Publication Date: 02-01-2012