Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story

Alexa Johnston, David Larson

Working closely with the author of the highly acclaimed 'Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life', writer David Larsen has produced a readable, exciting book aimed at young readers in the 9-14 age range. The book tells the story of the young Ed Hillary growing up in the Waikato, his increasing love of...

Becoming Queen

Kate Williams

Our perception of Victoria the Queen is coloured by portraits of her older, widowed self - her dour expression embodying the repressive morality propagated in her time. But "Becoming Queen" reveals an energetic and vibrant woman, determined to battle for power. It also documents the Byzantine machinatio...

The Penguin Book of American Verse

Geoffrey Moore

An anthology of American poetry, from the colonial beginnings in the seventeenth century right through to the twentieth century. From Anne Bradstreet to Ralph Waldo Emerson, from William Carlos Williams to Walt Whitman, from Emily Dickenson to Ai, it ranges widely across the American poetic spectrum....

Spy for the Queen of Scots

Theresa Breslin

As lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots, the beautiful Ginette - known as Jenny - is the young queen's closest childhood friend. Growing up in the elegant but ruthless French court, surrounded by enemies and traitors - not least the jealous, manipulative Catherine de Medici, and Mary's own scheming h...

Spot Goes to School

Eric Hill

Spot Goes to School is a classic Spot book by Eric Hill Spot's first day at school turns out to be an exciting adventure as he and his friends take their first steps into the world of learning. This book is the perfect tool for parents readying themselves and their children for the concept of school, a...

Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables #5)

L. M. Montgomery

The fifth novel about Anne Shirley, the red-haired girl from Green Gables. Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley, about to marry her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe and set up home with him in her 'house of dreams' on the shores of Four Winds Harbor. There are new neighbours to meet and fresh problems to ...

Ali Cross: The Secret Detective

James Patterson

School, mysteries, crime-solving - just an ordinary day for Ali Cross!Ali has helped to solve two big cases and he knows he has what it takes to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Alex Cross. Eager to keep solving crimes, Ali and his friends hack into police calls and secretly check out crime...