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From Moa to Dinosaurs (PB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
From Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed 'explore & discover' series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in ancient New Zealand. The book begins with a glimpse of the animals that lived in New Zealand just before people arrived. It then goes back in time, providing s ...Show more
In the Bush: Explore & Discover New Zealand's Native Forests (PB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: Explore & Discover
In the Bush is the fourth title in the popular and award-winning 'explore discover' series. The successful author and illustrator combination of Gillian Candler and Ned Barraud, turn their attention to the New Zealand bush and its iconic animals and plants. Young readers will be fascinated to learn mo ...Show more
In the Garden: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Backyard by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: Explore & Discover
In the Garden introduces young children to common creatures they can find in a New Zealand garden. It is the only guide available for young children and families that shows creatures in their natural habitats. The book describes their relationship with other living things, and includes many interesting ...Show more
Incredible Journeys (PB) by Ned Barraud
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's Picture Books
Many New Zealand's animals make incredible journeys as part of their everyday lives. In this new book from leading author and illustrator Ned Barraud, he uncovers the mystery behind where many of our animals go. Toroa/albatross can spend years at sea roaming the windswept Southern Ocean, only coming as ...Show more
Mangō: Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa by Ned Barraud; Andrew Stewart
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
The oceans surrounding Aotearoa New Zealand are home to over a hundred astonishing and strange species of sharks and rays. This fact-filled book takes you down into the fascinating underwater lives of these expert hunters, illustrates their evolution and explores their place in our culture. And it expla ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Beasts (PB) by Ned Barraud
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
In the garden, creeping along branches, hiding under stones or flitting from flower to flower, a whole universe of creatures is waiting to be discovered. Butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, spiders - what have you found in your backyard? Did you know that chorus cicadas live underground for most of thei ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Birds (PB) by Ned Barraud
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's Picture Books
New Zealand’s Backyard Birds is a children’s guide to the birds that live in their backyard, both native birds, such as tūi, and pīwakawaka/fantail, and introduced birds such as thrush, blackbird and sparrow. With useful background information about birds in general and stunning illustrations by Ned Bar ...Show more
Tohora: The Southern Right Whale (PB) by Ned Barraud
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Once, the mighty tohora, or southern right whale, was a common sight in winter off the coast of Aotearoa. But it proved to be an easy target for the 19th-century whalers, and was soon driven to the edge of extinction. In the 20th century, however, it became a protected species, and once commercial whali ...Show more
Tuatara, A Living Treasure by Katie Furze & Ned Barraud
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
Meet Tuatara, ancient wonder, wildlife treasure ... and survivor! Blinking, she pulls her scaly body into the light. She's as long as a finger, and with the row of spines on her back she looks like a baby dragon. Tuatara are survivors of an ancient era and sometimes referred to as living wonders - their ...Show more
Watch Out For the Weka by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's Picture Books | Reading Level: near fine
While Alf, the DOC hut warden, is taking a swim, a curious weka steals his precious watch. He must get it back. That evening, Alf thinks up a cunning plan and eventually recovers his watch while also discovering the weka's treasure pile. Based on a true story, set at Awaroa in the Abel Tasman National P ...Show more
What Happened to the Moa (PB) by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
This children’s book unravels the fascinating story of what happened to the moa, the legendary flightless bird of Aotearoa New Zealand. In this gloriously illustrated book, Ned Barraud describes the nine different species of moa, ranging from a small bush moa just over a metre high, to the giant moa at ...Show more
Where Is It In Town? A wildlife hunt for Kiwi kids by Ned Barraud
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
This is a ‘look and find’ book for all children who want to learn about New Zealand’s wildlife, focusing on wildlife that Kiwi kids will encounter in town. Stunningly illustrated by Ned Barraud, each page illustrates a different urban environment, including a garden both in the daytime and at night, th ...Show more