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2020
Children’s
Catalogue
Upstart Distribution
Welcome to our Great Collection of Books for NZ kids! Upstart Distribution, based in Auckland, is home to the most wonderful collection of books for Kiwi kids. We are sharing books from all our different publishers with NZ schools and libraries for the first time. We hope you will enjoy browsing these pages and seeing what a truly amazing range we have, from fiction to fact, for all ages, and in many languages and formats. Everything from Joy Cowley and Donovan Bixley to the Treaty of Waitangi! Every order from this catalogue receives a 25% post-free discount. (No small order charges!) Class sets (10 or more of one title) receive 40% discount. To make it simple, there is an online order form that you can open alongside this catalogue. All you have to do is enter the quantity you require beside the title, then when you’re finished, fill out the address details, add your official order number, and click send! No account opening form is required.
First Books
Baby Play Crow Goat
9781551099026 9780995109308 9780473403331
Playing with baby is a bit like a Crow, bow, sow, grow, mow. Goat, coat, boat, float, moat.
dance - a joyful, back-and-forth BigThymeRhyme is a brand BigThymeRhyme is a brand
rhythm. Baby Play gets the fun new series from writer and new series from writer and
rolling with this loving look at illustrator Martin Bailey illustrator Martin Bailey
baby's day.
Price: $14.49 Price: $14.49
Price: $8.95 Board Book Board book. Board book.
Time for Bed Duck Lark
9781771086073 9780995109315 9780995109322
The newest book in the popular Duck, buck, truck, muck, stuck. Lark, bark, mark, park, dark.
Baby Steps series, Time for Bed BigThymeRhyme is a brand BigThymeRhyme is a brand
is a fun and simple step-by-step new series from writer and new series from writer and
bedtime story for babies and illustrator Martin Bailey illustrator Martin Bailey
toddlers.
Price: $14.49 Price: $14.49
Price: $9.95 Board Book Board book. Board book.
Bear Frog Mink
9780995109360 9780473403348 9780473403355
Bear, gear, hear, near, pear. Frog, dog, hog, log, bog. Mink, pink, drink, wink,
BigThymeRhyme is a brand BigThymeRhyme is a brand shrink. BigThymeRhyme is a
new series from writer and new series from writer and brand new series from writer
illustrator Martin Bailey illustrator Martin Bailey and illustrator Martin Bailey
Price: $14.49 Price: $14.49 Price: $14.49
Board book. Board book. Board book.
Pig Freddy Bear and Blanky Freddy Bear and the Green
Peas
9780995109339 9781927262825
9781927262573
Pig, wig, dig, fig, jig. Freddy Bear has left his blanky
BigThymeRhyme is a brand at Grandma’s House! Whatever Freddy Bear wants peas for
new series from writer and shall we do?A lovely series lunch. He won’t eat corn, or
illustrator Martin Bailey from Joy Cowley. beans, or tomato!
Price: $14.49 Board Book Price: $7.50 Board Book Price: $7.50 Board Book
Freddy Bear and New Freddy Bear and the
Rat Faces Toothpaste
9780473403362
9781927262832 9781927262979
Rat, hat, bat, mat, cat.
Freddy Bear is not very comfy Freddy Bear is learning to
BigThymeRhyme is a brand
meeting new people. But Uncle brush his own teeth, but
new series from writer and
Bear is not so scary, is he? toothpaste tubes can be tricky!
illustrator Martin Bailey
Price: $7.50 Board Book Price: $7.50 Board Book
Price: $14.49 Board book.
Snake Freddy Bear and the Freddy Bear and the Big
Beach Bed
9780995109346
9781927262566 9781927262962
Snake, wake, make, bake, cake.
BigThymeRhyme is a brand Freddy Bear has a wonderful Freddy Bear is a big boy now,
new series from writer and day at the beach. A lovely story and it’s time for a new bed. But
illustrator Martin Bailey. from Joy Cowley. Freddy’s not so sure about that.
Price: $14.49 Board book. Price: $7.50 Board Book Price: $7.50 Board Book
The Great Kiwi 123 Book The Great Kiwi ABC My New Zealand Colours
Colouring Book Book
9781988516073 (PB) $19.99
9781988516233 (HB) $24.99 9781988516547 9780987668899
9781988516264 (BB) $16.99
Best of both worlds - the kids New Zealand board book,
Donovan Bixley’s most popular learn their ABCs while they featuring highly recognisable
characters help kids learn to have fun colouring in these popular images of objects and
count. Full of humour. amazing Kiwi illustrations. artworks from the Te Papa
collection.
Available in 3 editions. Price: $9.99 PB
Price: $19.99 BB
The Great Kiwi ABC Book My New Zealand 123 Book Te Whare
9781927262719 (PB) $19.99 9780987668875 9780473397074
9781927262917 (BB) $16.99
New Zealand board book, Te Whare is for early te reo
Donovan Bixley’s most popular featuring highly recognisable language learning. It contains
characters help kids learn popular images of objects and high definition images and a
their ABCs. Full of humour. artworks from the Te Papa very simple plot that follows a
collection. toddler through a family home
Available in 2 editions. in search of something very
Price: $19.99 BB special.
Price: $20 PB
Ko Kiwi Ma
The Great Kiwi 123 My New Zealand ABC
Colouring Book Book 9780473397067
9781988516554 9780987668882
Flexiboard book with high
definition images and simple
Best of both worlds - the kids New Zealand board book,
Maori phrases to present the
learn their numbers while they featuring highly recognisable
numbers 1 to 10 using icon
have fun colouring in these popular images of objects and
New Zealand fauna, from one
amazing Kiwi illustrations. artworks from the Te Papa
kiwi to 10 scallops.
collection.
Price: $9.99 PB
Price: $20 PB
Price: $19.99 BB
Aotearoa New Zealand Buzzy Bee’s Birthday Buzzy Bee’s Baby-Sitter
Party
9780995106772 9781927262092
9781927262061
New Zealand themed board Buzzy Bee Baby-Sitter is a
book featuring a range of New Four fabulous Joy Cowley colourful picture book for
Zealand creatures, from the stories in one volume. Join preschool to Year 1, with four
rare kiwi to the abundant Buzzy Bee for his colourful stories that each help learn a
sheep. birthday party! valuable lesson.
Price: $17 BB Price: $10 PB Price: $10 PB
Buzzy Bee’s Birthday Buzzy Bee’s Food Shapes
Party
Big and Little 9781927262313
9781927262306
9780995117402
Joy Cowley teaches the basic
A colourful board book for ideas of geometry in this
Featuring a variety of NZ preschool and Year 1. Buzzy delightful story about Buzzy
animals from the rare Maui’s has to learn to count how many Bee and the shape of foods.
Dolphin and Emperor Penguin friends are coming to his party.
to the cheeky Kea and majestic
Price: $7.50 BB
Albatross. We see the Price: $7.50 BB
difference between the big
grown-up creatures and their
little babies.
Price: $17 BB
Picture Books
Dear Donald Trump Baa Baa Smart Sheep Cork and the Bottle
9780473432812 9780986466847 $19.99 PB 9780992264017 $19.99 PB
9780986466816 $29.99 HB 9780992264000 $29.99 HB
Sam has a problem; sharing a
room with his older brother Little Baa Baa is bored. When Having met on tropical shores
isn’t easy. When Sam sees Quirky Turkey arrives on the in Cork on the Ocean, cork and
Donald Trump on TV talking scene, the opportunity to make bottle swirl out to sea into a
about ‘the wall’ he realises a some mischief proves too hard world of dancing jellyfish,
solution is at hand! to resist. treacherous reefs and surly sea
lions.
Price: $27.95 HB Available in 2 editions.
Available in 2 editions.
I Love Lemonade Cork on the Ocean
Dear Princess Meghan
9780986466878 $19.99 PB 9780986466892 $19.99 PB
9780473489144 9780986466861 $29.99 HB 9780986466809 $29.99 HB
Dear Princess Meghan is a After being tricked into eating The new fully revised edition.
story about Emma, a young girl Little Baa Baa's 'smarty Set sail on an ocean of
who is inspired by the actress’s tablets', Quirky Turkey decides adventure as Cork surfs the
rise to royal status. to take sweet revenge on the high seas.
sheep.
Price: $24.95 PB Available in 2 editions.
Available in 2 editions.
The Boy and the Cherry Two Little Bugs
Cornelius
Tree
9780986466854 $19.99 PB
9780995109377
9780986466885 9780986466830 $29.99 HB
What? A ship's captain afraid
Once there was a river and Little Bug Blue has a wish.
of water? His crew (and his
next to the river stood a Little Bug Red has an appetite.
cabin boy) aren't impressed.
beautiful tree... On the other Together they discover that
But Cornelius knows better.
side of the river a young boy getting what you always
dreams of playing in its wanted is sometimes just the
Price: $29.99 HB
branches. beginning.
Price: $29.99 HB Available in 2 editions.
Willow: the Dog with a Job On the Farm: Deep Trouble On the Farm: Shearing
9780473458478 9780473483104 9780473179267
Everyone wants to be good at It's raining cats and dogs at Join the two farm dogs, Jack
something. We all want to feel Winding Creek Station! Jack the the huntaway and Tom the
like we matter and have a huntway and Tom the heading heading dog as they work hard
purpose. This is how Willow dog are helping the farmer and to help out the farmer during a
the Golden Retriever felt when their neighbour during the flood busy day shearing sheep on a
she struggled to find her to keep the stock safe. high country farm.
special job.
Price: $20 PB Price: $20 PB
Price: $20 PB
On the Farm: Deer On the Farm: Show Day
On the Farm: Milking Recovery
9780473359911
Time
9780473339814
It’s that time of year again in
9780473220129
There is a new arrival at the small town of Winding
Winding Creek Station! The Creek – it’s time for the annual
Always keen to help out, Jack A and P Show!
and Tom answer the call for farmer has bought a new stag
help from the dairy farmer up from a sale to go out with his
hinds. Price: $20 PB
the road. Join Jack and Tom as
they learn about what happens
down on the dairy farm. Price: $20 PB
Price: $20 PB
On the Farm: Autumn On the Farm: Harvest On the Farm: Snow Rescue
Muster
9780473202033 9780473288235
9780473185619
Hooray – big farm machines A thick blanket of snow covers
Jack the huntaway and Tom are arriving at Jack and Tom’s Jack and Tom’s farm –
the heading dog are busy farm! Join Jack and Tom as trapping the sheep on the hill.
again! Autumn is here, so it’s they help out the contractors Join Jack and Tom as they
time to muster the sheep down while they work hard during help to save the sheep stuck in
off the high country and bring the harvest. the snow!
them home before the snow.
Price: $20 PB Price: $20 PB
Price: $20 PB
The Best Dog in the World The First Doo-lally Daft Little Bo Peep and more
Blinkin’ Bonkers Book favourite nursery rhymes
9781988516622
9781988516899 9781927262085 $19.99 PB
Dogs are our best friends, but 9781927262290 $14.99 BB
as this book shows, their view Every kid will love this
of the world can be a little hilarious collection of howlers Donovan Bixley’s wonderful
different from ours! from Auckland artists Ainsley art makes this a fun romp
Waite. Suitable for all ages. through some old favourites.
Price: $19.99 HB
Price: $19.99 PB Available in 2 editions.
The Best Mum in the Do Not Open This Book Pussycat, Pussycat and
World more purrfect nursery
9781927262870 rhymes
9781927262801
Andy Lee delights kids of all 9781927262283 $19.99 PB
Everyone loves their mum - ages with his plea to not open 9781927262733 $14.99 BB
she’s the best in the world. This this book! No! Do’t turn the
book shows why, but in page! No! No! No! Nothing is Donovan Bixley’s brilliant
hilarious pictures from more certain to keep those illustrations of favourite
Auckland artist Cat Chapman. pages turning until the very nursery rhymes.
end!
Price: $19.99 HB Available in 2 editions.
Price: $24.99 HB
The Best Dad in the World When I Grow Up I’m Going Jiffy, Cat Detective
to Play for the All Blacks
9781927262740 9780995117426
9781927262672
We love our dads, and they love Jiffy: Cat Detective is the first
us no matter what. But they Inspirational story about a boy children’s picture book from
have their own ways of coping! who dreams of becoming an All multi award-winning fiction
Black. writer Catherine Chidgey.
Price: $19.99 HB
Price: $19.99 HB Price: $30 HB
Black Dog Moon Cow Raumati
9780995106680 9780995106604 9780995106482
A story of friendship and the Cow believes the moon is her In this colourful collection of
perils of yearning for more at friend, though the other cows familiar New Zealand images,
the expense of what you laugh at her. Moon doesn’t young readers are introduced
already have. respond to her but she believes to adjectives that describe the
it is listening… but she grows taste, smell, sight, sound and
impatient with her friend. touch of the scenes of summer.
Price: $39.99 PB
Languages: English, Samoan
Price: $39.99 PB Price: $25 PB
Languages: English, Te Reo Languages: English, Te Reo
The Eleventh Sheep Of Course You Can! Seeking an Aurora
9780995106550 9780473421854 9780995106444
The eleventh sheep is A bilingual story about a boy A young boy goes on an
overlooked every night when who is scared starting school. adventure with his taciturn
Sian tries to go to sleep by But every time he thinks he dad, on a cold night in the
counting sheep, until one night can’t join in, because he is in a middle of winter. They go to the
he is freed to visit. wheelchair, his classmates find top of a hill to see the wonder
ways for him to take part. that is the Aurora Australis.
Price: $39.99 PB
Languages: English, Hindi Price: $30 PB Price: $27 PB
Languages: English, Te Reo
The Princess and the The Time of Your Life
I Had a Brother
Pirate
9780473421830 9780995106468
9780995117419
Diana Menefy tells the tragic Ben has two wishes: to have
story of the loss of a newborn Princess Primrose is a perfect more time and to be a little
as seen through the eyes of his little lady and a dutiful taller. To him people are always
five-year-old brother. daughter during the day. But at running out of time or don’t
night she and her trusty steed have time to spare. When he
fight crime, and quite gets a new watch for his
Price: $30 PB
successfully too. birthday he thinks he has all
the time in the world.
Price: $30 HB
Price: $30 HBMusic is for Everyone
Where are you, Puffling? Back to the Beach
9781771085359
9781788490504 9781551097022
Music is for Everyone is sure to
Little puffling has gone in A delightful story about a
get you excited about making
search of adventure - now her family's day at the beach.
music! Jill Barber takes her
puffin parents can't find her young readers through many
anywhere! Price: $12.95 PB
different kinds of music and
instruments in an energetic,
Price: $24.95 HB rhyming tour.
Price: $12.95 PB
Driftwood Dragons
Yakety Zac
The Memory Stone
9781551098937
9780995106451
9781551094427
Driftwood Dragons is a
Zac is born eager to share his collection of lyrical seaside
voice with the world. His Laura is at her first sleepover
poems for children. Inspired by at Aunt Pat's and everything is
parents are proud of their son, the coastline and accompanied
but his constant chatter starts different -no night-light, no
by whimsical illustrations, breakfast cereal, no TV and no
to be a problem when he starts these poems are celebrations of
school. He needs to learn to toys. Even the garden is full of
the coastal environment. 'yucky' bugs.
listen as well as talk.
Price: $12.99 PB Price: $7.95 PB
Price: $27 PB
Always With You Everybody’s Different on The Terrible Horrible
Everybody Street Smelly Pirate
9781771087384
9781771086004 9781551096551
Emily woke. On her night table,
a letter was propped against Playful words lead you into this A fun, read-aloud pirate story
her grandfather's picture. Her beautiful children's book and that will be a favourite with
name was printed in pencil invite you to celebrate our educators.
crayon the way only her gifts, our weaknesses, our
grandfather did it, with each differences and our sameness. Price: $11.95 PB
letter a different colour.
Price: $22.95 HB
Price: $24.99 HBUncle Farley’s False Teeth Seaside Treasures Irish Fairy Tales &
Legends
9781771087193 9781771087469
9781847173133
Every afternoon, Uncle Farley A day of beachcombing is a day
takes a three-hour nap. And filled with salty sea air, Irish fairy tales and legends
every afternoon, he pops his enchanting seashells, and are full of enchantment, brave
false teeth out of his mouth and exciting discoveries. The ocean deeds and lost loves. Told from
into a glass of water. One day, holds so much beauty and generation to generation, they
D'Arcy decides she'll steal them adventure, and it leaves so are as fascinating now as they
to show her friends. many treasures on its shores were to their original listeners.
Price: $10.95 PB Price: $15.95 HB Price: $24.99 PB
Brian and the Vikings Best-Loved Irish Legends A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea,
9781847176875 Sea
9781788490306
Brian is the smallest boy in the 9781847177940
Stories from long, long ago,
village. But he's also the
part of an ancient oral
smartest. When the dangerous A beautifully illustrated
tradition, handed down from
Vikings arrive its up to Brian collection of nursery rhymes to
generation to generation and
to save the day with the help of treasure, and songs, poems and
written down by the Christian
his friends and his cleverest rhymes to share.
monks of medieval Ireland.
invention yet.
Price: $24.95 HB
Price: $24.99 PB
Price: $19.95 PB
Eva and the Perfect Rain We’re Going to the Zoo
Come Back to Earth,
Esther!
9781847179784 9781847179494
9781771087841
Eva wakes up to find that it's It's the summer holidays and
raining - again! She is thrilled Ciara's big sister will not stop
What Esther loves the most,
because she can't wait to use giving out because she is bored.
what she dreams about every
her new umbrella but after When Ciara and her big sister
night, is space. A wonderful
breakfast the rain is too soft for go to the Zoo there are loads of
book to encourage girls into
an umbrella. The rain is lovely fun things to do and see: but
science.
but it's just not perfect they both have very different
umbrella rain! of what's fun!
Price: $22.95 HB
Price: $24.99 HB Price: $24.99 HBThe Tallest Truck Gets Polly Does NOT Want a The Genius of Bugs
Stuck Cracker!
9780994136213
9781927262405 (PB) $19.99 9781988516592
9781988516264 (BB) $16.99 The Genius of Bugs is a new,
Polly the parrot is rude and fresh take on the world of bugs,
The warehouse is busy and grumpy because she's fed up inspired by the blockbuster
there’s lots for the forklifts to with people asking "Does Polly science exhibition Bug Lab,
do, but the Turret Truck’s Want a Cracker?" brought to Wellington by Te
wheels come off his track. He’s Papa and Weta Workshop.
stuck! Bendy Wendy and Little Price: $19.99 PB
Pallet Jack to the rescue! Price: $24.99 PB
The Genius of Bugs
(Activity Book)
Bendy Wendy and the The NZ Art Activity Book
Firetruck 9780994136206
9780994136237
9781988516288 A companion to The Genius of
This new edition includes Bugs fact book, this is packed
It’s night-time in the reproductions of 51 historical with awesome bug-filled
warehouse, but Pallet Jack and contemporary works from activities to entertain and
can’t sleep. Something is Te Papa’s art collection, new inform curious minds, The
wrong. He discovers a fire and works commissioned from Genius of Bugs Activity Book
sets out to wake the others. contemporary NZ artists, and celebrates the insanely
art-based activities. interesting world of bugs.
Price: $19.99 PB
Price: $29.99 PB Price: $14.99 PB
Why is the Lake so Blue?
Titanic: True Stories
9780994146014
9781847179470
Why are our islands shaky?
True stories from the world's Why are our mountains tall
most famous ship - TITANIC. and our forests green? Why are
Her story is one of all those some lakes so blue? What
bound together on that fateful happens below the waves? Who
voyage. used to live here? What
happens in the dark?
Price: $24.99
Price: $29.99 PBMaori Mythology for Kids
with Donovan Bixley
How Maui Fished Up The How Maui Slowed the Sun
North Island
English:
English: 9781988516578 (HB) $24.99
9781988516240 (HB) $24.99 9781988516202 (PB) $19.99
9781988516189 (PB) $19.99
Te Reo:
Te Reo: 9781988516837 (HB) $24.99
9781988516257 (PB) $19.99 9781988516585 (PB) $19.99
In this fresh retelling of How Donovan Bixley re-tells the
Māui Fished Up the North story of how Māui slowed the
Island, Donovan Bixley applies journey of the sun through the
his unique twists and sky each day! It’s the
trademark humour to this traditional tale but with
much-treasured story. Māui is Donovan’s unique twist and
reimagined as a cheeky younger trademark humour. The
brother, on the type of hilarious pictures are bright and bring
fishing trip with the whanau their own level of humour to the
that will be familiar to many book. Darryn Joseph ensures
Kiwi youngsters. Underneath that the story is accurate and
the fun is a real desire to culturally appropriate and
honour the cultural significance translates , along with Keri
and importance of Māui. Dr Opai, the story for the Te Reo
Darryn Joseph translated the edition.
Te Reo edition, along with Keri
Opai.Fiction
Cassie Clark Outlaw Rugby Spirit Between
9780995106413 9781847173331 9780995106420
Cassie has survived a hit and 'Ok, lads, you have everything There is a strange old lady in
run, but then she hears her you need to win this game. So Olly’s town, who pushes a
father has disappeared. As a go out and do it', said the coach. shopping trolley around. The
senior congressman and Eoin's not sure if it will be so sign outside her house says
Speaker of the House, her easy! He's just started a new ‘Martha Michefski , Spiritualist,
father is an important player in school and a new sport. By Appointment Only’ which just
the world of American politics. intrigues Olly more.
Price: $19.99 PB
Price: $24.99 PB Price: $20 PB
The Very Annoying Ghost Wynter’s Thief
Rugby Warrior
9780473421847 9780995117464
9781847175915
Ricky’s family have scored a Fox is a fringe dweller, with a T
super cheap, super posh house, Eoin Madden is now captain of branded on his cheek that
in a really good neighbourhood. the Under 14s team and has to marks him a Thief. He lives on
So Ricky can go to the school deal with friction between his his wits and moves from village
with a top cricket team, choice! friend Rory and new boy Dylan to village. Wynter, chained by
But why was this house so as they battle for a place as her father, is working as a
cheap? scrum-half. water diviner.
Price: $20 PB Price: $19.99 PB Price: $24.99 PB
Bonjour, Lucy Bee Danny Brown and the
Rugby Rebel Talking Teeth
9780995106703
9781847176776 9781847178794
When Kiwi Lucy goes to France
Eoin’s rugby is put on hold as his Danny Brown is always in
for the summer holiday, she is
school project on the 1916 Rising trouble. Why did he take
looking forward to a family
keeps him busy! Suddenly, a new Granny’s teeth to school? Just
reunion with French relatives.
ghost enters his life and this new WHAT was he thinking? Now
But on the way from the
spectre has a background in Mum is cross, teacher is cross,
airport they see a line of
rugby ... and Granny is VERY cross. But
refugees on the road.
Danny was only having fun,
Price: $19.99 PB wasn’t he?
Price: $22 PB
Price: $14.99 PBMrs Battleship Death by Chocolate
Hazel and the Snails
9780995106796 9781847172549
9780995113589
This memoir is a recollection of Marcel Petit-Pois, you are
Six-year-old Hazel tends her the early part of the author’s Invited to a Murder! The Kit-
colony of shoebox snails while life, raised in violence. These 7 Kat Klub, Thursday, October
observing, with varying stories are taken from his 17th, 8pm. I challenge you to
degrees of understanding, her primary years. They are stop me…you Nitwit. Signed:
father's illness and final sometimes humorous, but also The Chocolatier. Graphic novel.
decline. illuminating.
Price: $14.99 PB
Price: $22 PB Price: $22 PB
Anne of Green Gables The Clubhouse Mystery Mad Grandad and the
9781551096629 Robot Garden
9781847179203
9781847178695
2008 marks the 100th After the annoying baby twins
anniversary of the publication demolish the fort Cass has built
of Anne of Green Gables, the Mad grandad has a new robot
in the sitting room, she has the
tale of the red-headed orphan gardener. No more weeding or
great idea of building a proper
who is mistakenly sent to live cutting the grass for Grandad.
fort - outdoors - that can be the
with Matthew and Marilla But the robot has other plans.
Bubble Street Gang's
Cuthbert of Avonlea. clubhouse.
Price: $14.99 PB
Price: $12.95 PB Price: $14.99 PB
Mabel Murple Alfie Green and the Bee- Katie’s Caterpillars
Bottle Gang
9781551098593 9780862785727
9781847170545
Mabel is crazy about purple. A Katie just loves her pet
creative, imaginative, hilarious When Alfie receives a caterpillars. Then she goes on
rhyming story! From award- mysterious book from his holiday and can't wait to greet
winning Sheree Fitch. grandfather, his adventures in them on her return. To her
the world of Arcania were just dismay they have changed!
Price: $13.95 PB beginning. Alfie is in big
trouble. Price: $14.99 PB
Price: $14.99 PBFlying Furballs 3: Flying Furballs 6: Double
“Flying Furballs - it’s Donovan Bixley!” Unmasked Cross
NZ’s top children’s author and illustrator has written 9781927262931 9781988516172
and illustrated this hilarious action-packed adventure
series, capturing the romance and excitement of the era Claude and Syd are on leave in
Young pilot Claude D’Bonair must
at the dawn of aviation — set in a world of cats verses recover some secret plans. London when they are called on
dogs. Full of spies, planes and humour, this is Donovan Together with Manx, CAT’s head for one of their most dangerous
Bixley at his best. engineer, they go on an missions yet. Who is the traitor
undercover mission to the that is working against CATS.
The final (9th) volume winds up the series later in 2020! enchanting city of Venice.
Price: $14.99 PB
Price: $14.99 PB
Flying Furballs 1: Dogfight Flying Furballs 4: Most Flying Furballs 7: Breakout
Wanted
9781927262535 9781988516561
9781927262993
Claude D’Bonair flies a secret In Breakout Claude finds himself
mission deep into the heart of In Most Wanted Claude is on the in Russia working with an old
Dogz territory to save the air run when his plane goes down in enemy to save important CAT
corp’s most famous dogfighter, DOGZ-occupied Holland. There’s allies.
Major Tom, who is being held more explosive action and
prisoner in the Dogz castle HQ. hilarious hi-jinks.
Failure could spell cat-astrophe! Price: $14.99 PB
Price: $14.99 PB
Price: $14.99 PB
Flying Furballs 2: Hot Air Flying Furballs 5: Kit- Flying Furballs 8: Downfall
napped
9781927262535 9781988516615
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