Books by Author
Books in RED are Living Books
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Kalman, Yvonne
Sparkles (1979)
Kanawa, Kiri Te
Land of the Long White Cloud: Maori Myths, Tales and Legends (1989)
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Keesing, Marie Margaret
Hidden Valleys and Unknown Shores (1978)
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Kenny, Alice A
Forest Refuge: A story for girls
The Magic Rings (1943)
The Rebel (1934)
The Robin Hood Girls (1950)
The Sea Cave
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Kingston, William Henry Giles
The Three Admirals (1927)
Waihoura, Or, The New Zealand Girl (1880_
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Kirby, Moya
Saga of Dark Damian (1989)
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Knight, K M
The House By The Burnt Stump
They All Go Seeking
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Lasenby, Jack
Charlie the Cheeky Kea (1989)
Dead Man's Head (1994)
The Waterfall (1995)
The Battle of Pook Island (1996)
Grandad's Wheelies (2016)
The Lake (1987)
The Mangrove Summer (1988)
Uncle Trev (1991)
Lawson, Pat
Kuma is a Maori Girl (1961)
Laycock, Dorothy
Tell Me About New Zealand: Poems For Children
Little, Paul
Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero (2009)
Locke, Elsie
The Runaway Settlers (1965) **
The End of the Harbour: A Historical Novel for Children (1968) **
The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair (1976) **
Student at the Gates (Biographical) (1981)
Journey under Warning (1983) **
The Kauri and the Willow: How We Lived and Grew from 1801-1942 (1984) **
Two peoples, one land: A history of Aotearoa/New Zealand especially for young readers (1998-1992)
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Other School Publications by Elsie Locke
Maori King and British Queen (1974)
Provincial Jigsaw Puzzle: New Zealand 1860-1876
Six Colonies In One Country: New Zealand 1840-1860
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Lockyer, John
A History of New Zealand (2002)
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Long, Robert
A Life on Gorge River: New Zealand's Remotest Family (2010)
Lord, Douglas
Kiwi Jane (1962)
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Lynch, Kelly
Miro: The Little Brown Kiwi (2024)
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Macdonald, Caroline
Elephant Rock (1985)
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Maddock, Shirley Frances Whitley
A Pictorial History of New Zealand (1988)
Mahy, Margaret
The First Margaret Mahy Story Book Story and Poems (1972)
The Bus Under the Leaves (1974)
The Third Margaret Mahy Story Book stories and poems (1975)
A Fortunate Name (1993)
A Lion in the Meadow (1989)
A Summery Saturday Morning (1999)
Aliens in the Family (1986)
Chocolate Porridge and Other Stories (1989)
Memory (1989)
The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales (1988)
The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1984)
The Changeover (1984)
The Catalogue of the Universe (1985)
The Downhill Crocodile Whizz and Other Stories (1986)
The Good Fortunes Gang (1993)
The Witch in the Cherry Tree (1995)
The Word Witch
The Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy (2009)
Mallory, Clare
Juliet Overseas
Merry Again (1947)
Merry Begins (1947)
The Pen and Pencil Girls
The Two Linties (1950)
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Mansfield, Katherine
The Candle Fairy: Stories, Fairy Tales & Verse for Children (1991)
Manson, Cecil
Curtain-raiser to a Colony: Sidelights on the Founding of New Zealand (1962)
Pioneer Parade (1966)
The Adventures of Johnny Van Bart (1965)
The Lonely One (1963)
Marchant, Bessie
Deborah’s Find
How Nell scored (1952)
Nancy Afloat
Markle, Sandra
The Long, Long Journey: the godwit's amazing migration (2014)
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Marriott, Janice
Thor's Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean (2006)
Marshall, H. E.
Australasia’s Story (1915)
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Marshall, Heather
Alexander’s Eleventh Year (1964)
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Marshall, John
Dr Duffer and the Lost City (1979)
Dr Duffer's Outback Adventures (1981)
Dr Duffer and the Treasure Hunt (1980)
The Adventures of Dr. Duffer (1978)
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Mataira, Katarina
Kapa haka (1999)
Maori Legends for Young New Zealanders (1989)
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Mayberry, Sarah
The Lost Children (2006)
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Mayne, William
Low Tide (1992)
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McAlpine, Rachel
Another 100 New Zealand Poems for Children (2001)
Maria and Mrs Kominski (1990)
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McClunie, Alister
The Adventures Of Toby And Sphinx In Flowerland
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McDonald, Georgina
Grand Hills for Sheep (1950)
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McDonald, Kenneth Cornwell
Our Country's Story: An Illustrated History of New Zealand (1963)
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McKean, Megan
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McKinnon, Kingi
Whitebait fritters (2002)
McLeod, Catherine Styles
That Dam’ Kiwi And Other Queer Fish
McNaughton, Iona
Summer of Shadows (1997)
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McNaughton, Neil
Tat: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Dog (1970) **
McRae, Shona
Katy One Summer (1969)
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Menefy, Diana
Shadow of the Boyd (2010)
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Messenger, A H
Children Of The Forest (1966)
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Meyer, Olga P.
"The Four of Us": New Zealand School-girls Story (1935)
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Miller, Grant Hindin
The Dream Monger (1985)
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Mills, Thomas Lewis
Verse by New Zealand Children (1943)
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Mitcalfe, Barry
The Long Holiday (1982)
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Moon, Lynnette
The Singing Island: The Story of Tiritiri Matangi (1998)
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Moore, N H Belcher & W G
A Family In New Zealand: This Is Their Life (1964)
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Moorhead, Diana
Gull man's glory (1976)
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Morice, Stella Margery
The Book of Wiremu (1966)
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Morris, Sandra
The White-faced Heron (1985)
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Morrison, Crosbie
The Junior Naturalist (1966)
Nature Talks to New Zealanders (1961)
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Mouat, Mary
Whero In The Land Of Maui: Natural history lessons in story form of New Zealand Forest and sea.
Murison, Barbara
Buster Bee Stories (1977)
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Neild, Diana
Piggity-wiggity jiggity jig (2008)
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Nichol, E G
Sooty
Noble, Jo
The Great Pavlova Cover-up: New Zealand Stories for Children (2001)
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O’Brien, Bryan
Storytime
O'Brien, Gregory
Back and Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious (2008)
O'Brien, Katherine
The Golden One (1984)
The Year of the Yelvertons (1981)
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Ogle, Nigel
Runaway Soldier: The Kimble Bent Story (2005)
Ollivier, Sally T.
Petticoat Farm (1965)
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Orwin, Joanna
Ihaka and the Prophecy (1984)
Ihaka and the Summer Wandering (1982)
The Guardian of the Land (1985)
Watcher in the Forest (1987)
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Owen, Alwyn
How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings (2002)
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Owen, Winifred
Captives and Castaways (1984)
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Owens, Raymond Archibald
Muskets and Trouble (1964)