Authors: Kelly Wilson & Amanda Wilson. Publisher: Puffin.

A comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about riding and caring for horses and ponies, whether you already keep horses or are simply thinking of joining a pony club, from two of New Zealand's most prominent equestrians, Kelly & Amanda Wilson.

02 October 2023

Author: Nicola Toki. Illustrator: Lily Duval. Publisher: Puffin.

Meet some of our most curious critters, from the popular Radio New Zealand podcast with Nicola Toki and Jesse Mulligan.

29 August 2023

Author: Jade Pengelly. Publisher: HarperCollins NZ.

The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we love when you never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital. Jade Pengelly shares all in Tales of a Vet Nurse.

08 March 2023

Author: Belinda O’Keefe. Illustrator: Monica Koster. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

Enzo the Russian blue gets the fright of his life when he is pushed through his new cat door. Instead of emerging out into his backyard, he finds himself in a strange forest and soon learns that the cat door is a portal to other countries.

10 October 2022

Editor: Paula Green. Illustrator: Jenny Cooper. Publisher: Puffin.

A marvellous menagerie of animal poems for children by New Zealand's best writers - some of them children - selected by star New Zealand poet Paula Green and adorably illustrated by Jenny Cooper.

05 October 2022

Author: Amanda King. Publisher: Penguin.

A stunning photographic book recording the extraordinary beauty of cattle.

02 August 2022

Author: Susan Brocker. Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited.

When Zac chooses the rescue dog with the startling ice-blue eyes, little does he know the danger and adventure that will unravel as the mystery around the tracking dog becomes a fight for survival against a terrifying enemy.

1 February 2022 release

Author / Illustrator: Matt Owens; Emma Gustafson. Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited.

The heart-warming true story of a volunteer fireman, a lost baby magpie and her unique friendship with a black cat called Mogli.

1 February 2022 release

Author: Dave Gunson. Publisher: Bateman Books.

How many types of beetles are there in New Zealand? Can bats see in the dark? Which bird is New Zealand’s smallest? No matter how crazy or quirky your question - from the WHICH? to the WHAT? to the WHY? of everything - this book has all the answers.

11 October 2021 release

Author: Dave Gunson. Publisher: Bateman Books.

What makes the little holes in clay banks and bare earth? Why do swamps smell funny sometimes? What's that little lizard sitting on a rock? No matter how crazy or quirky your question - from the WHICH? to the WHAT? to the WHY? of everything - this book has all the answers.

11 October 2021 release

Author: Dave Gunson. Publisher: Bateman Books.

Most New Zealanders will easily recognise and identify our unique wildlife - whether it's a tree wētā, common dolphin or a kiwi. We know quite a lot about them - how and where they live, what they do, what they eat and so on. But what makes them tick?

11 October 2021 release

Author / Illustrator: Rachel Haydon / Pippa Keel. Publisher: Massey University Press.

Join Kaewa the kororā as she explores her strange new world at the National Aquarium. This feel-good mystery for young readers and their families has a great cast of engaging characters based on real penguins at the New Zealand’s National Aquarium. Its gorgeous illustrations are full of detail and give a penguin’s-eye view of life at the aquarium.

7 October 2021 release

Author: Maria Gill. Illustrator: Emma Huia Lovegrove. Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand

Animal lovers, young and old, will adore this book, which celebrates some unique animals, both furred and feathered (and some with neither fur nor feathers!) For 7+

1 August 2021 release

Author: Kimberly Andrews. Publisher: Penguin.

Moose, the dashing bush pilot from Puffin the Architect, is to the rescue! With a full plane and bad weather, too, but three youngsters need his help, and this is the job he loves... I'm Moose!

1 June 2021 release

Author/Illustrator: Katharina Von Der Gathen; Anke Kuhl. Translator: Shelley Tanaka. Publisher: Gecko Press.

A compendium of all the weird and wonderful ways the animal kingdom reproduces. Wittily illustrated and frankly told, it covers courting rituals both elaborate and devious, extraordinary physiology, cleverly planned pregnancies, the most devoted fathers and the sweetest animal babies on Earth.

5 May 2021 release

Author: Julian Fitter. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

The essential field guide to the wildlife of New Zealand. New Zealand is home to an amazing and distinctive flora and fauna, most of it found only in this country.

12 April 2021 release

Author: Mark Vette. Publisher: Random House NZ.

The life and work of animal behaviourist Mark Vette - plus the dogs, cats, pukekos, wolves, horses, rats and other animals he has worked with!

3 November 2020 release