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The House That Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
27.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: 5+
"This is the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built." A fresh and fascinating retelling, gloriously illustrated by Canterbury's Gavin Bishop, of a traditional rhyme set in New Zealand at the turn of the 19th century. First published 199 ...Show more
The House That Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
34.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Uses the cumulative nursery rhyme, about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house, as a metaphor to illustrate the arrival and settlement of the European settlers in New Zealand during the early 19th century. Brilliant!
The House That Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
22.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
The House that Jack Built is a Gecko Press revival of an award-winning, modern New Zealand classic, which uses a familiar nursery rhyme to tell the story of Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 19th century.
The Three Little Pigs by Gavin Bishop
19.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books
"Will the little pigs let that big, bad wolf in? No, not by the hair on their chinny chin chins!" There's plenty of huffing, puffing and fun in Gavin Bishop's beautifully illustrated version of a traditional favourite.
The Video Shop Sparrow by Joy Cowley (illus Gavin Bishop)
14.95 NZD
16.00 (6% off)
Category: Children Fiction
A story for one to six year-olds, this tells of George and his brother Harry and their trip to the video store on New Year's Day. The store is closed but there is a sparrow trapped inside.
The Waka by Jean Prior; Gavin Bishop
19.50 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
Based on the traditional counting rhyme of the animals boarding Noah's ark, this version offers a New Zealand perspective, with some of the native animals of Aotearoa being called aboard the waka, a large Maori canoe.
There Was a Crooked Man by Gavin Bishop
17.99 NZD
Category: Board Books
There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse. And they all lived together in a little crooked house. Gavin Bishop is equally distinguished as author and illustrator. His awards include: Book ...Show more
There Was an Old Woman by Gavin Bishop
17.99 NZD
Category: Board Books
Gavin Bishop illustrates an old English rhyme in a vertical board book for very young children. The illustrations bring in housekeeping into the rhyme, with the washerwoman in her basket, sweeping cobwebs from the sky.
Three Billy Goats Gruff OP by Gavin Bishop
15.99 NZD
16.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Gavin Bishop has already completed three traditional stories that have sold internationally, one of which has been translated into three languages. With The Three Billy-Goats Gruff, Gavin has returned to the original story and added his own interpretation in the illustrations, which are delightfully qui ...Show more
Titiro/Look by Gavin Bishop
24.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
This arresting board book of first words in both Maori and English by award-winning Gavin Bishop pairs whanau and toys to show connections while building vocabulary for shapes, colours, objects—whatu/eye, kikorangi/blue, weri/feelers, pahau/beard.A member of the extended family looks directly at the ...Show more
Tom Thumb by Bishop, Gavin
29.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Bishop has put his unique stamp on this lavish retelling of a classic fairy tale. The adventures of little Tom as he is swallowed by a cow, flies on the back of a butterfly and enjoys the fine life at the King's Court are beautifully depicted in the rich and detailed illustrations. Subtitled The True ...Show more
Tom Thumb :The True History of Sir Thomas Thumb (OUT OF PRINT) by Gavin Bishop
19.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
This re-telling of the classic story of Tom Thumb is a story of adventure and emphasises the moral aspects - we need to learn to accept people for what they are despite their differences. The author/illustrator has set the story in the 18th century and uses richly coloured illustrations. First publis ...Show more