Ages 6–8

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Kia Kaha
Stacey Morrison, Jeremy Sherlock

An award-winning and powerful illustrated storybook for the tamariki and rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand celebrating Maoritanga!

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Princess Olivia Investigates: The Wrong Weather
Lucy Hawking

'The more we find out about the world around us, the more we can work out other, more complicated things, such as how the universe began or how life got started on Earth.'
The brand-new series for readers aged 7 and upwards from the globally bestselling science educator, Lucy Hawking.

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Masher
Fifi Colston

What would you do if you accidentally created a barking-mad glove puppet, with sharp teeth, a fierce attitude and an unpredictable mouth?

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