All New Books
Kid-friendly Adventures Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau: The Ultimate Family Guidebook
Author: Ceana Priest. Publisher: Penguin Books (NZ).
Ceana Priest has taken two of her successful earlier books (Outdoor Kid's Central North Island and Hamilton & Waikato), updated and combined them into a single book and added new material on the Bay of Plenty to give an adventure-filled package of great ideas.
03 October 2023
Quiet Hero: The extraordinary life and death of a Kiwi aid worker
Author: Philip Matthews. Publisher: Allen & Unwin New Zealand.
Genetic scientist Andrew Bagshaw put his life on hold to help the people of Ukraine. His selfless actions would cost him his life. Quiet Hero: The extraordinary life and death of a Kiwi aid worker is his story.
15 August 2023
Mumapalooza: A Celebration of Mums
Author: Sarina Dickson. Illustrator: Ant Sang. Publisher: Little Moa (Hachette New Zealand).
Treasured mums, queen mums, and all the in-between mums! What kind of Mum do you have? Celebrate them all in Mumapalooza from Sarina Dickson, with humourous search-and-find style illustrations from award-winning artist Ant Sang. A perfect book for everyday reading and gift-giving.
28 March 2023
Parenting in the Anthropocene
Authors: Emily Writes, Brannavan Gnanalingam, Dr David Galler, Jess Berentson-Shaw and more. Publisher: Freerange Press.
Humans are changing the world in extremely complex ways, creating a new geological age called the Anthropocene. How do we – as parents, caregivers and as a society – raise our children and dependents in this new world?
June 2021 release
Her Say
Author: Jackie Clarke and the Aunties. Publisher: Random House NZ.
This powerful new book features the stories of a number of very different New Zealand women, told their way. The collected stories chart their narrators’ lives and personal histories, through the lens of having lived with – and escaped – an abusive relationship.
2 March 2021 release