Littlemoabooks

The school holidays are here!

Beat the boredom with THE NZ SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ACTIVITY BOOK.

Filled with mazes, dot-to-dots, colouring and more, this incredible book is sure to keep little - and not so little! - ones entertained.

Pick up your copy today!

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The Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 Books has been announced!

Huge congratulations to our wonderful authors and illustrators who made the list.

B IS FOR BIRD by Lily Emo

THE LOST WORDS by Kimberley Kearney, illustrated by Taylor Terewai Tiave

DRAGONFALL by Sarina Clark, illustrated by Alba Gil Celdrán

We're so proud of these incredible pukapuka.

🎉🎉🎉

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Get your manuscripts ready, we are opening for submissions for one week only, from 16 November.

Our aim is to publish books that are found where kids play. Books so good they are taken and read everywhere a child goes; so beloved they are read over and over again until they are falling apart.

Though we are open to all children’s book submissions, we thought it would be helpful to share what is at the top of our wishlist - click here for more information: https://brnw.ch/21x5RnS

Little Moa is always open for illustration submissions, so if you are an illustrator, please email your portfolio to [email protected]

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Start the school holidays off with a swashbuckling storytime with Emma Collicott, the award-winning illustrator of Margaret Mahy's reimagined classic THE MAN WHOSE MOTHER WAS A PIRATE!

Grey Lynn Library
10:30am, Monday 28th September

We can't wait to see you there! Check out the event page: https://brnw.ch/21x5PON

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Ka tūhono te reo me te ao Māori i a tātou ki tō tātou whenua.

E whakanui ana mātou i te horopaki o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2026, o Ngā Tāone Reo Māori, mā te miramira i ētahi o ngā kōrero nō Aotearoa mō Aotearoa.

Tirohia tā Isobel Joy Te-Aho White pukapuka o WHENUA kua whakawhiwhia ki ngā tohu kia kitea he pūrākau nō tō rohe!

Ko tēhea tō tino pūrākau mō tō tātou whenua?

Te reo and te ao Māori stories connect us to our whenua.

We're celebrating the 2026 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori theme of Te Reo Towns by shining a light on the stories from Aotearoa about Aotearoa.

Check out Isobel Joy Te-Aho White’s award winning pukapuka WHENUA to find a pūrākau local to you!

What's your favourite pūrākau about our whenua?

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Angry anacondas, blizzarding blobs, carnivorous cactuses... what kind of twisted curse will Glam-Evil think up this time?!

The next in the Miles and Jones series: DAY OF THE DINOSAUR DISASTER is coming to stores soon!

Written by the talented Sam Smith, with incredible illustrations by César Lador, this graphic novel series is perfect for reluctant readers.

Pre-order your copy today!

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Ka whakanui ngā mahi toi rerehua a Lily Emo i B IS FOR BIRD i ētahi o ā tātou manu whakamīharo me ō rātou ingoa reo Māori e motuhake ana.

E hia ngā ingoa reo Māori mō ngā manu e mōhio nā koe?

Lily Emo's beautiful art in B IS FOR BIRD celebrates some of our breathtaking manu and their unique reo Māori names.

How many reo Māori bird names do you know?

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Kia miria ētahi o ā mātou tino kupu ā-pukapuka i te reo!

Mēnā, pēnei i a mātou, e pīrangi ana koe ki te ako tonu, tirohia tā Kim Kearney THE LOST WORDS.
He kōrero mō tētahi whaea e kimi ana i āna kupu, e huhua ana ngā kupu o ia rā.

Ko ēhea ō tino kupu Māori?

Swipe through to see some of our favourite bookish te reo words!

If, like us, you want to learn more, check out Kim Kearney's THE LOST WORDS. The story of a mother finding her words, it has a huge range of daily kupu.

What's your favourite kupu Māori?

Celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day next Saturday with an incredible event at the NZ Maritime Museum!

Join Emma Collicott - winner of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize 2025 - for a reading of THE MAN WHOSE MOTHER WAS A PIRATE.

There will also be pirate-themed drawings, signings and selfies with Emma!

Get your tickets to this amazing free event, booking required: https://brnw.ch/21x5CY0

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Everyone is loving THE COMEBACK KID by Airana Ngarewa - Writer - We knew you would!

Louise Ward reviews it on Radio New Zealand's Nine to Noon.
Listen to the full review here:

Book review: Louise Ward reviews two books Louise Ward from Wardini Books reviews: The Comeback Kid by Airana Ngarewa (Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand), and Giant Heart: How Jonah Lomu Became a Rugby Legend by David Hill and Nadene Lomu (Penguin Random House).