The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate, 2nd Edition

The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate, 2nd Edition
Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

This enduring tale of independence and family is an unconventional love story with a strong female lead and a pirate with a sensitive side, written by New Zealand's leading children's writer and illustrated by one of Japan's foremost children's illustrators. The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But when there were no ships at her jetty, she was quite alone. One stormy day, a pirate came to the house on the jetty. He stood on his toes, and starting tap-tap-tapping on the window... After a battle of words through the jetty trapdoor, these two windswept heroes find they are suited after all in a warm story of a carefree family.

The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate

The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate
Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781877467417

Country of Origin: New Zealand The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool, to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But when there were no ships at her jetty, she was quite alone. One stormy day, a pirate came to the house on the jetty. He stood on his toes, and started tap-tap-tapping on the window...

Her Wicked Pirate

Her Wicked Pirate
Author: Rebecca Deslisle
Publisher: Deslisle Publications
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 137020616X

Thrust back in time with Mateo, a dangerous but sexy pirate, Catherine struggles to keep her world upright as wicked storms push them around the high seas. While fighting savage Indians, his superstitious crew and different time lines that confuse the hell out of both of them, Catherine is drawn more and more to Mateo. And the sex is pretty hot, too. But they both need to return to their own times. Can they find a way to save themselves and stay together, or forever be torn apart?

A Pirate's Pleasure

A Pirate's Pleasure
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2012-04-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307815773

He took the proud vixen as his prisoner and swore she would serve . . . She was his defiant captive. With her flame gold-hair and azure eyes, Skye Kinsdale was a prize beyond compare. Betrothed to a lord she'd never met, she set sail for America sworn to reject him on sight until the infamous pirate Silver Hawk seized her ship and banished all other men from her life. Burning with rage and passion, she was determined to destroy the arrogant buccaneer, to be free at any cost . . . He was her keeper . . . and her slave The black prince of the seas, he was feared by pirate and privateer alike. Silver Hawk vowed he would have the vixen, make her crave his savage embrace. She was his—by law of the sea. The man who commanded a Caribbean kingdom swore he would teach his wild temptress to love, to surrender to the lawless thrill of . . . A Pirates Pleasure.

The Tiny Woman's Coat

The Tiny Woman's Coat
Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781776573424

The tiny woman makes a coat of leaves with the help of friends in this vibrant, rhyming tale. The trees, geese, porcupine, horse, and plants all share something so the tiny woman can snip, snip, snip and stitch, stitch, stitch a coat to keep herself warm. Resourcefulness and friendship are at the heart of this simple, rhythmic poem by one of the world's best children's writers. Buoyant and satisfying to read aloud, this small book will leave the reader snug as a bug.

Uncharted

Uncharted
Author: Alli Temple
Publisher: Allison Temple Books
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1777245117

In a world of arrogant nobles and their punishing laws, Georgina will be hanged if anyone discovers she is a spy. But when the wicked prince proposes marriage, Georgina must accept. Refusing would expose the secrets she has delivered to a hidden resistance and forfeit her life. With her wedding day looming ever closer, salvation comes from an unlikely source. Pirate Captain Cinder is a terror on the open sea, striking fear into hearts wherever she sails. Now she has a new target. The vulnerable Princess Georgina should be an easy mark in Cinder’s kidnapping plot. But the legend of Captain Cinder is more intertwined with Georgina’s own history than either of them expect. Treacherous storms. A mysterious pirate king. The prince’s unrelenting pursuit. Georgina and Cinder can only escape by following the uncharted course of their hearts. But just as a future together is within their grasp, Cinder’s past threatens to drag them both to the deep.

New Zealand Books in Print 1998

New Zealand Books in Print 1998
Author: Bowker
Publisher: Bowker-Saur
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1998-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781864520163

More than 20,000 titles from New Zealand & the surrounding Pacific Islands can be located by title, publisher, & subject in this key resource. Also serving as a comprehensive directory to the region's publishing & bookselling industry, NEW ZEALAND BOOKS IN PRINT lists book, video, & audiocassette distributors; book trade associations; literary awards; agents; booksellers; libraries; & others. From D.W. Thorpe.

The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book

The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1973
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN:

Collection of original stories and poems by a New Zealand writer.