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Amazing Aotearoa Activity Book by Gavin Bishop
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
5 -12 Years Old. You'll have lots of creative fun with this book full of puzzles, quizzes and activities that explore Aotearoa New Zealand and its people. Based on Gavin Bishop's bestselling Aotearoa- The New Zealand Story and Wildlife of Aotearoa, this activity book is a place for you to tell your own ...Show more
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chi ...Show more
Atua: Maori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children's Picture Books
Gavin Bishop's stunning, once-in-a-generation compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Māori gods, demigods and heroes, and explores Aotearoa's most exciting legends from the Creation to the Migration. Meet the gods, demigods and heroes of the Māori people of Aotearoa in this breathtaking, large ...Show more
E Hoa by Gavin Bishop
$18.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo
A te reo Maori board book that shares how to talk about feelings through a friendship between a child and their dog. Through the up-close expressive faces of a child and their dog, we learn the Maori words for a range of feelings. Taku kuri pai - my good dog. He hatakehi ia. My dog is happy ... angry .. ...Show more
Koro by Gavin Bishop
$18.00 NZD
Category: Board Books
Koro is a warm and universal board book in te reo Māori about a day with grandad. Koro is a warm and universal board book in te reo Maori about a day with grandad. The bond between grandfather and child is shown through big, beautiful images and simple Maori text. The child and their koro explore the d ...Show more
Look: A Tummy Time Book by Gavin Bishop
$25.00 NZD
Category: Board Books
A wordless concertina board book of big, bright faces to place around the baby on the floor at tummy time--family faces on one side and toys on the other--by award-winning author/illustrator Gavin Bishop. This safe and sturdy fold-out book is a perfect gift, with compelling illustrations of the things b ...Show more
Matariki by Gavin Bishop
$17.00 NZD
Category: Board Books
This bilingual board book for young children shares the meaning behind each star in the Matariki cluster, created by award-winning author Gavin Bishop. An essential bilingual board book explaining the meaning of each Matariki star, with beautiful artwork by award-winning author Gavin Bishop. When the Ma ...Show more
Mihi by Gavin Bishop
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
Board book. This beautiful baby book introduces ideas of me and my place in the world in the shape of a simple mihi or pepeha. Mihi / mihimihi / pepeha: introducing yourself and making connections to other people and places. Mihi is a simple book to share with babies and talk about their whānau and pl ...Show more
Patu : The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: 1st
A large-format, stunning visual history of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s, suitable for children and adults, by the multiple-award-winning Gavin Bishop. Discover the key people, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this powerfully told and richly illustrated visual history by Gavin Bi ...Show more
Piano Rock - A 1950s Childhood by Gavin Bishop
$39.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
This is a memoir of Gavin Bishop's idyllic childhood days, growing up in Kingston beside gorgeous Lake Wakatipu. It's a gentle tale of a boyhood spent haring around outside, building huts, eating griddle scones, catching eels, watching the train, eating roast mutton, going to school on a horse, arguing ...Show more
The House That Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
$23.00 NZD
Category: Children's Picture Books
The House that Jack Built is a Gecko Press revival of an award-winning, modern New Zealand classic, which uses a familiar nursery rhyme to tell the story of Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 19th century.
Titiro/Look by Gavin Bishop
$25.00 NZD
Category: Board Books
This arresting board book of first words in both Maori and English by award-winning Gavin Bishop pairs whanau and toys to show connections while building vocabulary for shapes, colours, objects—whatu/eye, kikorangi/blue, weri/feelers, pahau/beard.A member of the extended family looks directly at the ...Show more