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The Great Piratical Rumbustification by Margaret Mahy
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
HUMOROUS STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise... From the rumbustious author and artist team of Margaret Mahy, winner of th ...Show more
The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale by Margaret Mahy
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Norvin is a boy who looks like a shark. When he straps a homemade dorsal fin to his back, all the other swimmers rush to the beach. He loves having the water to himself - until a real man-eating shark comes along!
The Great White Man-Eating Shark (Early Reader) by Margaret Mahy
14.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Early Reader
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Norvin is a very good actor, but rather plain. In fact, he looks very like a shark, and more than anything, ...Show more
The Green Bath (HB) by Margaret Mahy
25.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Bath-time turns into a fantastical adventure in the hands of two of children's literature's best. Margaret Mahy and Steven Kellog, two the world's most beloved picture book creators, are reunited for this galloping, free-spirited romp. It begins with Sammy, whose obnoxious neighbors get to go to the bea ...Show more
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
14.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Books | Reading Level: very good
The family of Barney's dead mother are aware that there is something special about this particular boy. As he resigns himself to being haunted again, Barney's sister and brother set out to discover the reason behind his supernatural attraction. This book is a winner of the Carnegie Medal.
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
A brand-new edition of the Carnegie Medal-winning THE HAUNTING - written by internationally bestselling author, Margaret Mahy. 'Strong and terrifying . . . The novel winds up like a spring. A psychological thriller' - Times Literary Supplement Eight-year-old Barney has been haunted before. He thought it ...Show more
The Magician of Hoad by Margaret Mahy
29.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: good
Forced from his home, 12-year-old Heriot's unwilling steps lead to Diamond, first city of the Hoadara. Serving the King as his magician, and strangely bound to Dysart, the mad prince, Heriot is isolated within the walls of Diamond until he finds Cayley, a wild, ambiguous rat-of-the-city. These two lonel ...Show more
The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate by Margaret Mahy
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Sam has an ordinary life - but his mother used to be a pirate! One day at breakfast, they decide to go to sea and an amazing adventure begins. A brand new picture book edition of this timeless favourite.
The Man from the Land of Fandango (HB) by Margaret Mahy
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: near fine
The man from the land of Fandango is coming to pay you a call! He wears a hat with a tassel and a polka-dot tie - and he juggles and bounces and dances with bears, bison, baboons, kangaroos and even dinosaurs. He's wonderful and amazing - so watch out for him, and watch carefully - because he only appea ...Show more
The Moon and Farmer McPhee (PB) by Margaret Mahy
20.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
The cows and sheep think Farmer McPhee should stop frowning and start frisking. But Farmer McPhee just wants to get some sleep! Then one moonlit night, something changes...A collaboration between our best loved writer for children, Margaret Mahy, and the wonderfully quirky illustrator, David Elliot, thi ...Show more
The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom by Margaret Mahy (illus Chris Mould)
12.95 NZD
13.99 (7% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"I've lost my pendant and I've lost my memory," the captain said to himself. "Something terrible must have happened. I must remember. It really is a riddle!" When Sophie Sapwood discovers a whalebone pendant hidden in a chest of drawers, the ghost of Captain Cathcardo awakens from an ancient sleep, trap ...Show more
The Three-Legged Cat by Margaret Mahy
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Mrs Gimble's cat would love to prowl, but has only three legs. Mrs Gimble's brother, who prowls the world, comes to visit and mistakes the cat for his hat ...A gloriously funny picture book. First published 1993.