Guendelsberger, Erin

Summary: "Follow Inky the octopus as he escapes from the National Aquarium of New Zealand to the ocean! Based on a true story, Inky the Octopus chronicles the adventure that the real-life Inky might have taken on his escape to freedom in the open ocean!"--Publisher's website. Includes factual information about octopuses.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Wonderland 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GUE (BASKET)

Summary: A story about a cheeky Pukeko, Red Band gumboots and cow poo! Stuck in poo What to do? is a delightful kiwi tale about Red Band gumboots and cow poo - a winning combination for kiwi kids. Follow Luke the Pook, a cheeky young pukeko, in his adventure over the farm wearing his 'borrowed' Red Band gumboots. With its easy rhyme, kiwiana storyline and bright, colourful illustrations, this book is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Samantha Laugesen 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STU

Smith, Craig

Summary: Illustrations and lyrical text describe a bird's adventure walking down the road and meeting an odd donkey with three legs and one eye.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SMI

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMI

MacDibble, Bren

Summary: "It's one of them days when everything is off. A hot sweaty night in Rusty Bus means we kids is all grouchy-tired. Me and my best friend, Jaguar, is trying to cool down by taking turns at dipping in the sea pool. Him standing on the sea wall made from car frames and rocks on lookout for crocs, me swimming, then we'll swap places. We's always doing things as a team, him and me. We's gonna be the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAC

Allen, Pamela

Summary: Peter has a pirate suit and all the power to go with it, while his younger brother has to serve as the crew on their imaginary pirate ship. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1991

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALL (BASKET)

McMillan, Dawn

Summary: Seagull Sid and his fine feathered mates are sick of looking at all the rubbish that people leave behind at the shore. But how can the seagulls reclaim their beach from the trashy humans? No worries, Sid has a mischievously messy plan of attack -- watch out below!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCM

Weissman, Elissa Brent

Summary: From their homes in New York and New Zealand, cousins Noah and Nora have a competition to decide who can have the world's best Hanukkah, winter or summer, but as the eight nights of Hanukkah go on, they realize they have more in common than they thought.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE WEI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WEI

Summary: New Zealand farmer Angus Oldfield genetically modifies his sheep, turning them into flesh-eating killers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2007

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BLA