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List of titles published in the past 3 months (Feb 2012 - May 2012).

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The Red Poppy
 

The Red Poppy (Hardback, Contains Hardback and CD-Audio)

By Hill, David; Illustrated by Colston, Fifi; Other primary creator Kennedy, Rob

  • RRP: $26.99
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Young soldier Jim McLeod waits in the trenches of World War I for the order to attack the enemy. With him are his friends, and Nipper, the messenger dog. When they charge across no-man's-land, Jim is shot ...and finds himself face to face with an enemy soldier.

ISBN 9781869439989
Published 1 March 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-9 years
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Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific
  

Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific (Paperback)

Edited by Mallon, Sean; Mahina-Tuai, Kolokesa; Salesa, Damon Ieremia

  • RRP: $59.74
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This illustrated history tells the amazing story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand society. In a great feat of exploration and migration, Pacific Islanders became the first people to step foot on these shores some 800 years ago. ...

ISBN 9781877385728
Published 4 May 2012 by Te Papa Press
Interest Age Young Adults
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Melu
 

Melu (Hardback)

By Mewburn, Kyle; Illustrated by Teo, Ali; O'Reilly, John

  • RRP: $24.99
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Melu decides to follow his dream, instead of the herd ... The mules had been clip-clopping around the sun-baked hills for generations. They always clip-clopped in the same direction: west towards the setting sun. And they never ventured down to the glittering green sea. But Melu ...

ISBN 9781775430278
Published 1 April 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 3-7 years
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Colour the Stars
 

Colour the Stars (Paperback)

By McMillan, Dawn; Illustrated by White, Keinyo

  • RRP: $14.56
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In this beautiful, evocative text, Isaac does his best to explain colour to his blind friend Luke using sensation and touch.

ISBN 9781869439743
Published 1 May 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 0-12 years
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The Birthday Cake Mystery
 

The Birthday Cake Mystery (Hardback)

By Tjong-Khing, The

  • RRP: $26.99
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An adventurous look-and-find book, with multiple stories to follow and new things to discover every time you read the story. Told entirely through pictures, The Birthday Cake is a detective story, filled with humorous details and red herrings. Children can follow the many differe ...

ISBN 9781877579103
Published 5 April 2012 by Gecko Press
Interest Age 0-12 years
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The Meeting Place: Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642-1840
  

The Meeting Place: Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642-1840 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By O'Malley, Vincent

  • RRP: $37.33
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The Meeting Place is an examination of relationships between Maori and Pakeha focusing predominantly on the period between 1814 and 1840 when, author Vincent O'Malley argues, both peoples lived / inhabited a 'middle ground' - in the historian's Richard White's phrase - in which n ...

ISBN 9781869405946
Published 4 May 2012 by Auckland University Press
Interest Age 13-18 years
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The Open World
  

The Open World (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Johnson, Stephanie

  • RRP: $39.99
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Elizabeth Smith seems a respectable widow, sailing to New Zealand in 1841, along with a group of early settlers and missionaries. Under the watchful and disapproving eye of Bishop Selwyn and Judge Martin, Elizabeth tries to establish herself in this new country, helping run a hos ...

ISBN 9781869797836
Published 5 April 2012 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi
   

Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

By Consedine, Robert; Consedine, Joanna

  • RRP: $24.99
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The Treaty of Waitangi is the most important document in New Zealand's history. Current Treaty issues and Maori/Pakeha relationships can only be understood within the wider story of New Zealand. As we understand and honour our history, we can acknowledge the need for restoration, ...

ISBN 9780143567691
Published 28 March 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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The Great Orlando
 

The Great Orlando (Paperback)

By Brown, Benjamin; Illustrated by Taylor, Helen

  • RRP: $15.68
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A very special sophisticated picture book, with beautiful production including foil, that will be enjoyed on many levels. Poor Sunday Jones lives with his monster of a father and pines for his dearly departed mother. Then, one day, a talent show is announced at school and Sunday ...

ISBN 9781775430872
Published 29 March 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Telling Lies
 

Telling Lies (Paperback)

By Glensor, Tricia

  • RRP: $19.99
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Set in 1942 in Occupied France, Telling Lies is the story of a 15-year-old girl, Simone, whose family are supporters of the Resistance. Simone finds herself taking an active part in helping a New Zealand airman who has parachuted out of his crippled RAF bomber near their farm. Th ...

ISBN 9781869509347
Published 6 April 2012 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 11-16 years
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