Hot books summer: reading for tamariki and rangatahi

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Hot books summer: reading for tamariki and rangatahi

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Hot books summer: reading for tamariki and rangatahi

Boredom begone! Here's an A+ list of reading recommendations for kids of all ages for the long summer holiday.

Boredom begone! Here's an A+ list of reading recommendations for kids straight from the New Zealand Summer Reading Guide.

Browse the list (organised loosely by reader age).

Cover of 17 Kings and 42 Elephants

17 Kings and 42 Elephants

by

$24.99 NZD

Cover of The Butterfly Fluttered By

The Butterfly Fluttered By

by

$24.99 NZD

Cover of Buzzz!: Native Bugs of Aotearoa

Cover of The Dream Factory

Cover of Te Wheketere Moemoeā

Cover of The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra

Cover of The Gavin Bishop Treasury: 10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales

Cover of Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

Cover of The Hunt for the Whistle: A Cleft Adventure

The Hunt for the Whistle: A Cleft Adventure

A Cleft Adventure

Cover of Te Wīhara! Kimihia! Rapuhia!

Te Wīhara! Kimihia! Rapuhia!

Cover of I Am

I Am

by

$30.00 NZD

Cover of A Lot of Silly: A Book of Nonsense

Cover of The Pōhutukawa Christmas Tree

The Pōhutukawa Christmas Tree

by

$21.99 NZD

Cover of The Pōhutukawa Tree

Cover of Ruru, Night Hunter

Cover of There's a Crab in My Castle / He Papaka Kei Roto i Taku Pa Tuwatawata

There's a Crab in My Castle / He Papaka Kei Roto i Taku Pa Tuwatawata

by

$27.99 NZD

Cover of Titiro / Look

Cover of The Beach Activity Book: 99 Ideas for Activities by the Water Around Aotearoa New Zealand

Cover of Dear Moko

Cover of Saving Wananga: The true story of a kea rescue

Cover of Tasting with your feet: The amazing ways animals make sense of the world

Cover of The Anaconda Attack

Cover of Awatea's Secret

Awatea's Secret

by

$25.00 NZD

Cover of Jason Mason and the World's Most Powerful Itching Powder

Cover of Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco

Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco

by

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Jason Mason and the Dastardly Master of Disguise

Jason Mason and the Dastardly Master of Disguise

by

$19.99 NZD

Cover of Rimu: The Tree of Time an Amorangi and Millie Adventure

Cover of When the Kehua Calls

When the Kehua Calls

by

$20.99 NZD

Cover of Whetū Toa and The Secret Spies

Whetū Toa and The Secret Spies

by

$25.00 NZD

Cover of Mess of Our Lives

Mess of Our Lives

by

$29.00 NZD

Buzzz!: Native Bugs of Aotearoa

Native Bugs of Aotearoa

by

$24.99 NZD

4

The Dream Factory

by

$22.00 NZD

Te Wheketere Moemoeā

by

$22.00 NZD

6

The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra

by

$21.00 NZD

7

The Gavin Bishop Treasury: 10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales

10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales

by

$45.00 NZD

8

Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

by

$19.99 NZD

by

$22.00 NZD

He Mahi Mātātoa Riwha

by

$22.00 NZD

12

A Lot of Silly: A Book of Nonsense

A Book of Nonsense

by

$39.99 NZD

14

The Pōhutukawa Tree

by

$21.00 NZD

15

Ruru, Night Hunter

by

$21.99 NZD

17

Titiro / Look

by

$24.99 NZD

18

The Beach Activity Book: 99 Ideas for Activities by the Water Around Aotearoa New Zealand

99 Ideas for Activities by the Water Around Aotearoa New Zealand

by

$35.00 NZD

19

Dear Moko

by

$30.00 NZD

20

Saving Wananga: The true story of a kea rescue

The true story of a kea rescue

by

$21.99 NZD

21

Tasting with your feet: The amazing ways animals make sense of the world

The amazing ways animals make sense of the world

by

$21.99 NZD

The Anaconda Attack

by

$19.99 NZD

Jason Mason and the World's Most Powerful Itching Powder

by

$19.99 NZD

27

Rimu: The Tree of Time an Amorangi and Millie Adventure

The Tree of Time an Amorangi and Millie Adventure

by

$26.00 NZD