This luxe cotton fold out book series is designed for little hands and developing eyes to explore. Made from 100% premium cotton and filled with plump natural and hypo-allergenic corn fibre, each book features bold high-contrast designs that attract and engage infants in early learning and development. Packaged in a signature eye-catching modern card band, these books are beautiful for display and perfect for gifting. Designed in NZ

Dimensions: 130 x 130 mm

Publication Date: 20-12-2019

This luxe cotton fold out book series is designed for little hands and developing eyes to explore. Made from 100% premium cotton and filled with plump natural and hypo-allergenic corn fibre, each book features bold high-contrast designs that attract and engage infants in early learning and development. Packaged in a signature eye-catching modern card band, these books are beautiful for display and perfect for gifting. Designed in NZ

Dimensions: 130 x 130 mm

Publication Date: 20-12-2019

Bea loves lions and knows everything there is to know about them. She lives by the beach, but she doesn't like sand one little bit! One day, her mother persuades her to visit the beach, where she meets a sand sculpture of a lion who is afraid of water. Their developing friendship helps each of them to overcome their anxieties, but the next day the lion has disappeared! How will Bea cope? A funny and tender book about the mutual support of friendship, the acceptance of loss, and the resilience needed to accept change.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 36

Dimensions: 250 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 01-03-2021

This read-aloud storybook celebrates all types of friendship - at home, at school, and at play. Friends who share in the fun of everyday life, and who are there when we need them. With rhyming text, lively illustrations, and an inclusive collection of diverse characters, this book reminds us how important it is to have friends.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 250 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 01-10-2020

The world's horizon is an apparent limit to the vastness of our planet, but for a little girl with boundless imagination and a comprehensive point of view, it's more than just a frontier; it's an invitation to an infinite exploration. Told poetically through her eyes, Beyond the Horizon is a beautiful tale that invites us to grasp the invisible--both what's outside and within ourselves. The book explores different fields of vision, using each colorful viewpoint as a story of its own, venturing throughout the globe, from above and below, reminding us that how we see challenges and opportunities is just a matter of perspective.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 40

Dimensions: 190 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 20-01-2020

Explore diverse professions in this playful children’s book that charts all the tools of the trade you need for a variety of careers. Children love to group, name, identify, and discover, which is the perfect way to explore vast topics, such as the jobs people do. Filled with hundreds of meticulously and stylishly rendered items, this book takes a fun approach to a serious subject. Each spread is ingeniously populated with objects that pertain to a different career: from musician, astronaut, and doctor, to builder, chef, and gardener. The artwork will keep young readers occupied and entertained for hours. Best of all, it will encourage endless discussion about the many unique and interesting things people need to get their jobs done.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 230 x 320 mm

Publication Date: 15-10-2019

Unravel the mysteries of time, from the Maya calendar to Einstein’s wormholes, in this fun and fact-filled exploration for young readers. In this thought provoking book, curious readers will discover all kinds of fascinating information about how and why we think about time. Chapters on mythology discuss Chronos, Janus, and the legend of the Phoenix. Others look at how different cultures perceive time—as a straight line or in circles? Young readers will learn how animals and plants tell time, how the study of longitude and latitude is related to clocks, and why an hour used to last one hundred minutes. Along the way, they’ll encounter historic time pieces such as sundials, chronometers, and Al-Jazari’s famous 12th-century elephant clock. The book also invites readers to ponder important questions about what time means to us today: can you actually save time? Can you run out of it? And is it really better to accomplish more in less time? These concepts are introduced in accessible chapters and illustrated with vibrant drawings. Absorbing and worldenlarging, this elegant book explores a challenging concept in an engaging way that encourages discussion and further learning.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 112

Dimensions: 215 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 06-03-2020

Robert is delighted when a hippopotamus follows him home from school one day. The next day he is followed by four hippos, then nine, and eventually his yard is crowded with hippos - and that is just the beginning! A captivating tale where an everyday trip becomes a magical experience. From award-winning author Margaret Mahy and bestselling illustrator Steve Kellogg.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 181 x 250 mm

There once was a little boy who took great care of his shadow... One day a witch notices the care he has for his shadow and asks him to look after her shadow while she goes away on holiday. But minding a witch's shadow turns out to be more complicated than the boy ever imagined! Discover a magical and mischievous story about a boy, a witch and one cheeky shadow. From the celebrated children's writer Margaret Mahy and award-winning illustrator Sarah Greig.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 249 x 250 mm

he story of life on earth unfolds in dramatic fashion in this amazing picture book that takes readers from 4.6 billion years ago to the present day. It’s difficult to grasp the enormous changes life on Earth has undergone since it first came into existence, but this marvelously illustrated book makes learning about our planet’s fascinating history easy and entertaining. In an accordion style, the series of pages take readers through every major geological period, with bright artwork and detailed drawings. Opening on lava-filled oceans and smoking volcanoes, the book unfolds, era by era, to show how life evolved from tiny protozoa and crustaceans to dinosaurs and mammals. Fully expanded to 8 meters (26 feet), this spectacular visual timeline is a very impressive panorama that reveals evolution in all its glory. Each page is brimming with illustrations that readers will turn to again and again. A celebration of life, this extraordinary and beautiful book illuminates the history of Earth for young readers in an unforgettable and delightful way.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 76

Dimensions: 220 x 290 mm

Publication Date: 19-04-2019