Sleepy Kiwi

Sleepy Kiwi
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9780473330279

Science shows that baby's eyes are drawn to strong contrasting colours. This black and white book with solid, friendly graphics is designed especially for newborns and infants. Kiwi are a very special and rare nocturnal bird, native to New Zealand. The perfect character to juxtapose the erratic sleep patterns of a newborn baby. * From #1 Best Selling New Zealand author and illustrator of the Kuwi the Kiwi series of books. * A newborn baby sees only in black and white and shades of grey. Nerve cells in their retina and brain that control vision are not fully developed. the simple graphics and solid black and white are ideal for this stage of development. * Encourages the practice of reading to your child from birth. The book is a large, thick board book, matte laminated for a soft, cleanable finish. Created entirely in a black and white modern illustration style.

Kiwicorn

Kiwicorn
Author: KAT. MEREWETHER
Publisher: Windmill Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781538397121

Who is whimsical, witty, and wonderfully weird? Kiwicorn! This cute and funny story is about being unique. Gorgeous illustrations and lively writing help children understand their emotions--and to learn that being different is awesome! Kiwicorn celebrates all the things that make them unique, guiding readers through an exercise in self-love that is both adorable and inspiring. Whether they see themselves as polite, radical, gentle, or gutsy, readers can see facets of themselves reflected in this cute character, who teaches them that we are all multifaceted--and better because of it!

Sleep Little Kiwi Sleep

Sleep Little Kiwi Sleep
Author: Deborah Hinde
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780473515201

Follow Little Kiwi and meet his forest friends, as he hunts for food for a midnight feast, escapes a nasty predator and arrives back to his burrow safe and sound as the sun rises. Sleep Little Kiwi Sleep introduces young children to nocturnal creatures that are busy with their `day¿, while they themselves are tucked up in bed fast asleep. Sleep Little Kiwi Sleep is the perfect bedtime story for sleepy little kiwis. The language has a lovely gentleness to it which complements the illustrations of the night forest. The book also includes a Te reo Maori translation of some of the creatures featured in the illustrations and text.

Sleepyheads

Sleepyheads
Author: Sandra J. Howatt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442446781

Get ready for bed with this soothing sleepy story—now available as a Classic Board Book! The sun has set, and sleepyheads all across the land are tucked into their cozy beds. Rabbit is snoozing in the weeds, and Duck is snuggled in the reeds. Bear is nestled in his cave, and Otter is rocking on a wave. But there’s one little sleepyhead who’s not in his bed. Where, oh where, could he be? This sweet and snuggly bedtime book with irresistible illustrations by Joyce Wan is the perfect read-aloud story to prepare little ones for a cozy night’s sleep.

Classic Rhymes for Kiwi Kids

Classic Rhymes for Kiwi Kids
Author: Peter Millett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-11-09
Genre: Children's poetry, New Zealand
ISBN: 9781869539757

Award winning author Peter Millett (The Anzac Puppy) and illustrator Scott Tulloch (I Am Not A Worm) add a classic Kiwi spin to some all-time favourite nursery rhymes.

Green Kiwi

Green Kiwi
Author: Temple Sutherland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The Spiderling

The Spiderling
Author: Marcia Preston
Publisher: The RoadRunner Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1950871088

Eleven-year-old Kiwi Seager knows two things: She’s going to hell someday and, even worse, her mother can’t love her anymore. Kiwi has done something no mother could forgive, something that has forced this mother and daughter to flee their California home. Can they run fast enough and far enough to lose the evil following them? Or does new danger await them, wearing the face of a friendly stranger?

Containment

Containment
Author: Vanda Symon
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459621999

Vanda Symon's third novel features the feisty young policewoman Sam Shephard who was the central character in her two previous books Overkill and The Ringmaster. In Containment, Sam is training as a detective at Dunedin Central when she is assigned to investigate what seems to be a routine diving accident off the Otago coast. But the forensics reveal that the man didn't die from drowning. And that the body was stuffed in its wetsuit after death. And is there a connection with another incident Sam is involved with, in which the citizens of Dunedin have been pillaging the wreckage of a container ship out at the harbour entrance? As the novel unfolds, our young detective is involved in making sense of a complex web of lies and violence. Who is behind it all? Who are the real criminals?

Misfit City Vol. 2

Misfit City Vol. 2
Author: Kirsten Smith
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2018-06-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1613989873

After discovering a secret entrance to the caves at Bootlegger's Bluff and finding Captain Denby still alive, the next volume of Misfit City will follow Wilder, Macy, Dot, and Karma as they continue the hunt for Black Mary's treasure. Collects issues #5-8.