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Psalms for the Road by Joy Cowley
25.50 NZD
Category: Religion
Second-hand, paperback in good condition. Small printed name label on inside cover page. Through this book, Joy Cowley offers us the hospitality of her heart, God as companion, the hand and city streets as places of divity, and our brothers, sisters and strangers as pilgrims on the road.These prayers ...Show more
Pudding (Out of print) by Joy Cowley
17.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Captain Edwina Bear and Patrick Duck are searching for pudding heaven in this colourful "nonsense" story. But first they must defeat Pirates Pelican and Parrot who have pilfered all the delicious desserts.A tasty treat for the under-5s.
Purini Rango (Fly Pie Maori Edition) by Joy Cowley; Katarina Mataira (Translator)
19.50 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
Once there was a frog who had been a prince. He knew he could become a prince again if he were kissed by a princess ...but there's this cute girl frog on the lily pad next door ... When the girl frog asks him to marry her, he tells her he can't because he's a prince in disguise, and off he goes to find ...Show more
Robby & Hoot by Joy Cowley
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Robby the Robot has lost his toe and none of the shops are selling toes for such an old model. But when Robby moves his search to the nearby dump, he finds something even better. At the dump, Robby meets Hoot - a small blue car destined for the crusher. Together they must escape the terrible security dr ...Show more
Screaming Mean Machine by Joy Cowley (illus David Cox)
15.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Reading age 5-7 years. Last summer I rode on the ferris wheel, the ghost train, the parachute drop, the octopus and the Viking boat, but I wasn't big enough to go on the scariest ride of all - the Screaming Mean Machine!
Shadrach Girl by Joy Cowley
15.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The third book in the award-winning Shadrach series, that began with Bow Down Shadrach and Gladly, Here I Come. The story has moved on two and a half years with the youngest character Sky now ten, Mikey and Eden in their early teens and Hannah sixteen - a quirky family facing day-to-day problems and som ...Show more
Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
A series of stories about the friendship between a Snake and a Lizard. WINNER OF THE JUNIOR FICTION CATEGORY NZ POST BOOK AWARDS 2008
Snake and Lizard (#1) by Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Snake and Lizard | Reading Level: very good
Snake and Lizard are a lovable, foolish pair, always arguing, embarking on unlikely enterprises and telling one another hotly contested tales - none of which behaviour lessens their affection for one another.
Song of the River by Joy Cowley
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
In this resonant story, Cam the mountain boy follows the river from its trickling source in the mountain snow all the way to the coast. The river leads him through forest, farms, and towns to the salty wind of the sea. Dramatic landscape illustrations evoke a North American landscape and are packed wit ...Show more
Speed of Light by Joy Cowley
9.99 NZD
19.99 (50% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: very good
With a father more interested in money than family, a brother in prison, a sister with a secret, and a mother in denial, it's no wonder Jeff buries himself in the safe world of mathematics. When a storm hits Wellington, a strange old woman is blown into Jeff's life, challenging everything he things is t ...Show more
Starbright & the Dream Eater O/P by Joy Cowley
15.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
People all over Claircomb are succumbing to a strange illness, thought to be a deadly new virus. But this is no virus - it is a life form so advanced that its intelligence makes a computer look like counting beads. It knows the prophecy, too, and IT is hunting down the Bright Star - to destroy her for ...Show more
Stories of the Wild West Gang by Joy Cowley
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Michael's aunt, uncle and cousins are moving to his neighborhood and he can't wait. Wherever they go, adventure follows! They're the wacky Wild West Gang. 'These are delightful stories of Michael, the son of buttoned-down fun-hating parents, getting down and dirty with his mad cousins, and their devil-m ...Show more