Children's Books

The maunga of Tamaki Makaurau are worried. The natural world is changing – rivers are polluted, forests are shrinking, and the birds' waiata are fading away. While Kohukohunui and his fellow maunga keep watch, Naana gets her mokopuna onto the...

Rewi Romney is a bilingual story. Te reo Māori & English. Rewi Romney feels like the odd one out in the paddock of spring lambs. Follow his journey to make new friends.

He rakau iti a Taika e tahuri atu ana i ona whakaaro whakakino e tiaho muramura ai ia.

Te whitinga roa mai o te rā, te pakiki me te kore here i te taha o te moana... Ma tēnei pukapuka kua whakarakeitia ki ngā whakaahua waiwaia e toko ake ai te manaru o tētahi hararei raumati i Aotearoa....

Te Reo version of I Gaze up at the Trees, with Dirt on my Knees Te huhuatanga o ngai kirehe, me te mahi matatoa e noho pu ana i te puihi. Ka whakakipakipa tenei pukapuka miharo i te arotau ki...

In this simple but substantial picture book by Lana Button, shy, quiet Willow silently wishes she could find a way to say no to her bossy classmate Kristabelle's demands, but the words never seem to come when she needs them....

The popular children’s picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, translated into te reo Māori, is now available in a board book. With the same beautiful illustrations and dye cut pages as the original book, the te reo Māori board book...

Come and see where the world's coolest stuff is, from exploding volcanoes to venomous animals and mysterious lost cities! Want to know where you can see sharks, shooting stars, dinosaur fossils, giant waterfalls and rockets taking off? This epic guide...

“Everything changes, tamariki mā,” says Grandma.“But the stars will always guide us.” Sam and Te Rerehua adore Te Mata Hāpuku, its wild winds, stony shores, and the treasures  he waves push onto the beach. But this Matariki feels different. Pōua...

Book 3 in a compelling series about a boy who visits a mysterious freak show that leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Darren Shan, the Vampire's Assistant, gets a taste of the city when he...

To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When the village is no longer safe for her, Miyax runs away. But she soon finds herself lost in the Alaskan...

What if life is even more miraculous than you've imagined? Why not find out for yourself? The words in this enchanting children's book are here to cheer you on—to encourage you to be brave, live with your whole heart, and...

Boss of My Body is part of the Little Chats Big Voices series. In this book, children explore and reflect on positive affirmations focused on body ownership and empowerment. Its goal is to help young children feel confident in expressing...

Here's the iconic wishing star origami craft—with so much more! Fold the included strips and squares into multiple different designs, including tiny stars, paper chains, adorable cat rings, and tiny boxes to store and fit your creations. There's also a...

Help defend today's youth against the painful consequences of growing up with this three-book boxed set that captures our ever-so-slightly subversive streak. This is pure, unfiltered Klutz, in a conventional paperback format. The Encyclopedia of Immaturity: Short Attention-Span Edition Only...

Girls who love to wear a bit of sparkle will have hours of fun with Brilliant Bead Rings. Basic beading techniques turn a simple spool of wire and a pile of pretty beads into seven styles of dazzling bead rings....

If you're a girl, you probably already know how fun it is to draw glamorous clothing, hair, and makeup looks. But you also probably know how tricky it is to get your drawings to come out the way you imagine...

Patches are the perfect way to add a little sparkle to your jackets, backpacks, phone cases, and more! With this kit, you will learn to make 12 fluffy and shiny stick-on patches. It's as simple as layering the pre-cut felt...

Magically transform clay into prehistoric pets! With tons of stickers, eyes, and paper accessories included, each dinosaur finger puppet can be as unique as a child's imagination. Make an egg for your dino to hang out in and learn real...

Make Your Own Gem Stickers is the perfect kit for anyone who loves stickers and wants to add their own personal touch. Stickers are timeless, and now, with this kit, you can give them your own flair with deluxe glitter,...

Make your own amazing shapes with My Fantastic Foam. Children can spend hours getting creative by introducing and playing with shapes made from foam. With loads of colours and types to choose from, learning has never been so much fun!...

Personalised pizzazz that's as easy as cut and paste! Nothing is cooler than a look that's unmistakably you. Luckily, when it comes to sprucing up your stuff, Pop Collage has you covered (pun intended). We make collages simple with our...

Hop on the hottest trend in jewellery with Klutz. Use our fool-proof, step-by-step instructions to paint your own gold charm bangle bracelets. Choose from more than 100 designs that represent who you are and what you are interested in. The...

Make custom name friendship bracelets and more with Klutz! Choose from more than 150 designs and 5 floss colours to make bold bracelet designs for you and your BFFs. Step-by-step instructions and a built-in bracelet-making board make it a snap...

New York! Paris! Milan! Your bedroom! Live the dream and become a fashion designer with this exciting personal style studio from the fashionistas at Klutz. With no drawing skills required, young designers can still create fashions and figures that always...

Paper Fashions Yesterday provides everything needed to make fashions from history. It includes acid-free designer paper, embellishments, simple-to-use stencils, and coat-hangers to keep creations safe.

Bluey: TypewriterBluey and her friends get their hands on an old typewriter, sparking their imaginations. Through typing out stories, they create mini-adventures and tales, discovering the joy of storytelling and the power of creativity. Bluey: Swim SchoolThis story follows Bluey...

Something is making a racket in the attic!Since the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Willow and Hunter have been living with their grandfather in his creaky old house. But Grandpa’s memory is fading fast, and the twins dread the prospect...

A colourful activity book featuring the beloved characters of the New York Times bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series. Includes 100+ stickers! Full speed ahead for construction site fun! Join Excavator, Cement Mixer, Crane Truck, and all the familiar friends...

Unleash your child’s inner 626 as they get ready to learn! Develop their literacy and numeracy skills with these fun activities. With Stitch art on every page, and over 8 stickers, this activity pad is the perfect blend of learning...

Discover new books, document your favourites, learn fun facts about books and authors, and develop a lifelong reading habit. 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (Revised Edition) is the ultimate reading guide for kids ages 4 to 12+,...

The hilariously funny full-colour graphic novel series from award-winning author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman, and Donut Squad! ‘You won't be able to contain your giggles!’ – Harriet Muncaster,...

Paul Klee defined himself as a painter poet, and his art perfectly reflects that phrase. He was interested in colour and formed friendships with other artists also exploring colour, such as Kandinsky, Picasso, and Braque. His experimentation with backgrounds, shapes,...

A journal for goofballs. Announcing the last thing you would expect from The Encyclopedia of Immaturity people: a diary. We know — 'diary' sounds like it has the dearest little lock on it and maybe a kitten on the cover,...

Help your child relax and focus with this supportive mindfulness guide for children. Mindfulness is a big word for a simple idea - it is paying attention, with care, to one moment at a time. The perfect introduction to mindfulness,...

Guess Who? In the Ocean invites young readers on an exciting adventure beneath the waves. Lift the flaps to reveal playful clues and then guess which animal is hiding behind them. Get ready for a journey filled with surprises and...

The Investigators meet The First Cat in Space in this hilarious graphic novel. Fairy and Mouse will forever change young readers’ perspectives on stepmothers, princes, and pumpkins as they help Cinderella set things right when her carriage veers off course....

Empower children with disability with crucial knowledge of body safety and consent. This book teaches children with disability about body safety and consent and provides them with essential skills to recognise unsafe situations. Using age-appropriate language and illustrations, it addresses...

The Kingdom by the Sea is The Guardian award-winning novel about courage, friendship, and war. When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone in the world and...

From the creator of Claris: the Chicest Mouse in Paris comes this glorious original fairy tale about a legendary crown, and the girl who needs to borrow it for a festive miracle … As the snow swirls on Christmas Eve,...

Come on a round-the-world adventure as we explore 60 amazing places from across the globe! Packed with fascinating facts, this fully illustrated book introduces kids to some of the best places to visit on our planet. Continent by continent, they'll...

Prepare to dance and sing with your little one as they get introduced to the queen of country music herself, Dolly Parton. In the world of music, disagreements between generations are inevitable. Your cherished classics may not resonate with the...

Calling all dog lovers! This perfectly giftable board book has fun with opposites in a colourful rhyming read-aloud. This dog’s clean, that dog’s muddy. These dogs are the best of buddies. This humorous dog-centric board book by Jade Orlando is...

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of history at home with Ancient Rome - an activity-packed exploration of people and places in this early empire. Divided into sections, the book starts with...

Discover a shimmering world of magical unicorns or be amazed by faraway galaxies with these cool and creative kits. Simply press out the neon pieces and slot them together to make awesome ornaments or three-dimensional figures! Each set includes 6...

Our Stories and Poems Collection contains four gorgeous books, including 100 First Poems and Bedtime Stories, for children aged 5+ to enjoy. This collection includes both original and familiar stories, as well as classic poems. It features beautiful illustration styles...

These books are the ultimate guides, with hundreds of incredible facts, stunning photographs, artworks, and fantastic design. The Earth Book by Camilla de la Bedoyere will captivate and excite kids aged 9+ from start to finish.

From the indispensable series that helps children develop good habits that will stay with them throughout their lives. Each book includes a detachable wipe-clean chart and star stickers to encourage and reward learning. The Children's Book of Dental Health is...

Max and Tallulah by Beverley Gooding is a heartwarming tale of love, friendship, and being true to oneself. Max the zebra is deeply in love with Tallulah but is too shy to express his feelings. Determined to get her attention,...

Help children to develop good habits that will stay with them throughout their lives. Each book includes a detachable wipe-clean chart and star stickers to encourage and reward learning. The Children's Book of Success at School is suitable for ages...

Build your child’s vocabulary and confidence with this first dictionary! Featuring bright and bold illustrations, this educational book introduces over 400 simple definitions. It also includes parts of speech and plurals, plus an alphabet bar for easy navigation, making it...

First Space Book (Miles Kelly) invites you to rocket into space in an exciting non-fiction adventure! Bursting with fun facts on every page, this educational book travels through our Solar System and beyond, introducing everything from giant galaxies to amazing...

Blast off on a space trip around our unbelievable universe. An awesome encounter with the wonders of the Universe. This is a cosmic treasure trove of spectacular photographs that captures space as you've never seen it before. Mind-blowing new images...

With over 750 jokes, Lots of Jokes and Riddles Box Set includes kid-friendly joke books that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud! This three-book collection of jokes is hilarious, clean, and kid-friendly, featuring everything from...

The stakes are high in this fast-paced mystery adventure starring young magician Flick Lions. The second book in the Great Fox series. How well do you really know someone...? Flick is a magician who needs answers. Her father is still...

Lots of Tongue Twisters for Kids is the perfect collection of over 250 kid-friendly tongue twisters that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud! Whether you're stuck in the house, on a road trip, or gathered...

On the Go! Jokes for Kids is the perfect collection of over 250 kid-friendly travel jokes that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud on the plane, in a car, by boat, or train! Beat backseat...

Father Bunny thinks that Miffy is too small to go to an art gallery, but she persuades him to let her come along with him and Mother Bunny. Miffy sees paintings, a mobile and even a stone statue, which is...

TheSuper, Epic, Mega Joke Book for Kidsis the perfect collection of over 1,500 clean and kid-friendly jokes, Q&A jokes, riddles, and more that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud! Whether you're stuck in the house,...

The hilariously funny full-colour graphic novel series from award-winning author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman and Donut Squad! You won't be able to contain your giggles! – Harriet Muncaster,...

Take your doodles to a whole new dimension! We've published books about doodling cats, doodling dogs, doodling faces, doodling with your thumbs and, most recently, an entire journal dedicated to daily doodles. We are unabashed doodle fanatics. It was only...

Everything you need for a thumb-thumping throwdown! Thumb wrestling is such a time-tested, universally admired life skill for kids that, frankly, we're surprised by how long it's taken for it to get the Klutz treatment. But there is no rushing...

A book of super-nosy, somewhat-silly, take-me-now surveys. What About You? features 20 different surveys for girls to take and share with friends. Subjects range from food to fashion to friendship to the monumental Love, Crushes, & Stuff. Some of the...

Every so often, a dolphin graces the shores of the island, near the Pathway of the Whales. This playful creature leaps and dances with the people, offering gifts and enchanting songs. Award-winning author Mere Whaanga weaves a captivating story of...

An old pirate tells a tavern full of salty sea dogs about an island bursting with hidden treasure. Once they've set sail for the mysterious island, he reveals it is guarded by the terrible Pirate-Cruncher. Eventually, their greed overcomes their...

Have you ever met a ratbag with a heart of mud ...and gold? Well, this is Tommy Tuckers to a T. He will tell you stupid, disgusting facts, get his dog a job cleaning up vomit, defend a spider...and have...

When the National Animal Choir performs the latest song by renowned composer and conductor Mr. Herbert Timberteeth, nothing goes exactly as planned. Mr. Timberteeth has some preconceived notions of what animals like to do that are reflected in his song....

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Ethel the Penguin's in my class,Though she doesn't sit next to me.Miss Ink likes Ethel to sit by herself,She can be a bit lawless, you see. Everyone needs a best friend like Ethel. She's not afraid of teachers. She's not...

Age range 3 to 6 What would you do if you could pluck the moon from the sky? Would you scoop it up in an ice cream cone, or ride it like a snail shell across the night sky? I...

Age range 3 to 6 Ron the Royal Guard follows Ron as he finds himself in a spot of bother when he needs to leave his post. Can the corgis help Ron, and fool the Queen? This gleeful tale will...

When I listen to music it speaks to me, fills up my soul until I'm bursting with the rainbow-sprinkled, breathless, blush-red joy of being ALIVE. Meet Thunderhead: awkward, music-obsessed, and a magnet for bad luck. Their favourite things in life...

All Kim wants to do is play Dungeons & Dragons with his friends and ride his bike around the local lake. But he has always lived in the shadow of his younger sister. Eila is a prodigy, and everyone talks...

What a glorious day for the Backyard Games!Who will be champions, household names?I jump on my bike and round up my mates.We visualise glory, think of the greats. Create all the fun and drama of the Games in your own...

There’s a big surf competition coming up. Eight-year-old Lisa is determined to take part, but she’s nervous. With encouragement from her coach, family and top paddler Māia, she trains hard. But disaster strikes when her canoe capsizes, shaking her confidence....