Monday, May 19, 2014

Two new NZ children's books from Penguin



Conrad Cooper’s Last StandLeonie Agnew

Dear Tane,
I've never prayed to a god, so hope this is okay. If I get it wrong, don't strike me down with a thunderbolt or anything - I'm just a kid.

Conrad Cooper needs a favour. He's just found out about Tane, the god of the forest, and he's decided that Tane is the perfect guy to solve his family problems. After all, the more high-profile gods probably have huge waiting lists, right? In return, Conrad will do anything to repay Tane, no matter how much trouble it causes. But will a Maori god listen to the prayers of a ten-year-old Pakeha boy? And does Tane really exist?

Set in 1978 against the Bastion Point occupation, Conrad Cooper's Last Stand is a surprising new novel from award-winning author Leonie Agnew.

RRP$19.99 | May 2014 | Puffin

SLINKY MALINKI EARLY BIRD: BOARD BOOK - Lynley Dodd
Rapscallion Slinky Malinki likes to get up before everyone else in the morning so he can get them out of bed. He tries every trick in the book: sitting on their heads, biting their toes, leaping on their limbs, yowling.
Once he has succeeded in getting the family up . . . what do you think he does?

Now in board book format.


RRP$15.99 | May 2014 | Picture Puffin

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