Last year, Tom and Mikaere came last in the annual school trolley race. Not second, or third, or sixth dead last! But this year, they ve got a secret weapon..
The Kiwi Bites series are pitched at young readers (7-12) with the aim of building reading skills and confidence. They have strong plot-based stories, with themes of humour, confidence, sport, adventure, caring, journeys and problem-solving. Arnie is prescribed spectacles to wear for a year or two. However, he thinks only losers wear specs and refuses to wear them. After bumping into lamp-posts…
Charlotte Frisbee is the president of a secret club called PAWS (the Perfectly Amazing Word Society). Along with the other members of PAWS - super-brain Podge, extra-serious Bugsy and freaky-looking Simon - the big excitement of Charlotte's week is getting the club together for word games and general language silliness. That is, until one day when strange things start to happen around the schoo…
Brenda wants to go on an interplanetary cultural exchange, organised by her school. This would mean that while Brenda spent a week on the curious-looking Planet of the Beezee Birds, her family would host a Beezeeian kid! While Brenda investigates the native diet of white jellies and nose biscuits and learns how to play mugboo, the alien Donk discovers chocolate and playing in treehuts!
Johnny's Dad is the most hopeless hunter in the whole world. He is also the biggest animal lover in the whole world. On returning after a day of hunting up in the hills and the bush with his best friend Mike, Matt reaches into the cab of Mike's truck and ever so gently brings out a tiny little scrap of brown fur - Gladys the goat. All starts out sweet but eventually Gladys eats anything and eve…
Nobody enjoys an unpleasant surprise at breakfast time. So imagine Angus's shock when he discovered his yummy cheesy spaghetti wriggling around in the saucepan like agitated slimy earthworms. His mother is too busy to look and his sister thinks it is just another one of his prank...
Patrick envisages a boring holiday with his over-protective mother. But then he meets Lou, learns to sail and suddenly the summer seems full of possibilities. But one day something goes wrong at sea, and Patrick and Lou must step in to save the day... An exciting adventure story.
When Arthur stays at Lottie's mysterious house, he makes sure he's prepared for anything. But the night turns out to be so scary that he is forced to use his ghost-fighting kit-with unexpected result.
Benny loves the dog that lives nearby. But why is it so sad ?