The Incredible Yet True Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt - The Greatest Inventor-Naturalist-Explorer-Scientist Who Ever Lived by Volker Mehnert; Claudia Lieb (Illustrator)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Before Darwin . . . before Lewis and Clark . . . there was Alexander von Humboldt. Explorer. Naturalist. All-around genius. Lost hero of science. In his time, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was world-famous. Why? He led one of the first major scientific expeditions into the South American rain fores ...Show more
Extinct by Lucas Riera
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A gorgeously illustrated tribute to animals that no longer live on our planet, paired with information on how we can save future species This exploration of animals that we have lost over the past century, from the California grizzly to the Persian tiger, aims to create awareness and inspire children t ...Show more
Rudolf Nureyev (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.00 NZD
Category: Little People, Big Dreams | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Rudolf Nureyev, one of the greatest male ballet dancers of all time.Rudolf fell in love with dance as a child. But he was not allowed to go to ballet school until he was 17. There, he had to make up for lost time and ...Show more
Book of Flight: 10 Record-Breaking Animals with Wings by Gagrielle Balkan, Sa Brewster
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A stunning world-records book of animal flight, by the author-and-illustrator team behind the bestselling Book of Bones! Meet ten fascinating flyers through a series of superlatives - and guess who's who while learning about airborne animals. From the fastest (white-throated needletail) to the most acr ...Show more
Dinosaur Hunter: Joan Wiffen's Awesome Fossil Discoveries by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: Dinosaurs-Fossils-Bones-Extinction | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
The remarkable true story of science superstar Joan Wiffen, whose fossil discoveries proved that dinosaurs lived in ancient New Zealand. Once there was a clever girl who liked searching for interesting things on the ground. She wanted to know why shells could be found in rocks so far away from the sea. ...Show more
Speed King: Burt Munro, the World's Fastest Indian by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
In 1967 an unknown, elderly New Zealander and his ancient Indian motorcycle set a world land-speed record at Bonneville. The man was Burt Munro, and he became a Kiwi legend. How did he do it? His amazing true story is now a stunning picture book. A crowd of people stand on a flat white plain. In the di ...Show more