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Blitz by Henry Brook
13.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: True Stories
Contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds. This book contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading.
Can I Come Home, Please? by Phil Robins
18.99 NZD
19.50 (2% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: My True Stories | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Using taped interviews from the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive, Phil Robins gathered together this compelling collection of first-hand accounts from people who grew up during the Second World War. As well as British children's stories of evacuation and the Blitz, this book also includes memories fr ...Show more
D-Day (True Stories of ...) by Henry Brook
13.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: True Stories of ...
Internet links take readers to recommended websites where they can find out more about D-Day. A new edition to tie in with the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
Escape (Usborne True Stories) by Paul Dowswell
13.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Usborne True Stories
Part of the "True Stories" series, this book contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading.
Everest - Reaching the Roof of the World by David Long
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Incredible True Stories
Join the treacherous mission to conquer Earth's highest peak in David Long's enthralling retelling of the first expeditions to climb Everest. Everest is the world's highest mountain, towering like an icy giant over the Himalayas. For the millions of people living nearby, it has always been a magical pl ...Show more
Fluffles: The Brave Koala Who Survived a Bushfire (True Stories of Animal Heroes) (HB) by Vita Murrow
22.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: True Stories of Animal Heroes
Fluffles is a picture book story based on the real-life antics and behaviours of the koalas in the outback. One day, Fluffles and friends noticed bush fires starting in the outback. There was nowhere to escape so they rose up, up, up into the trees to wait it out until the ashes cooled. But when they ...Show more
Heroes (Usborne True Stories) by Paul Dowswell
13.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Usborne True Stories
Contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds. This title includes maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading.
Onyx (True Stories of Animal Heroes) by Vita Murrow
22.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: True Stories of Animal Heroes
Onyx is a picture book story based on the real-life antics and behaviours of the wolves of Yellowstone National Park. When Onyx was a young pup in Yellowstone National Park, he was the runt of the litter. Although he was bullied by his siblings for being the smallest, Onyx knew that he could lead a pac ...Show more
Second World War by Paul Dowswell
13.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Usborne True Stories | Reading Level: very good
Standing Alone (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
18.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My True Stories | Reading Level: From 8 To 15
He was only fifteen when he enlisted in the navy without his father's permission. He was only sixteen when he died at Grimsby General Hospital with splinters of steel in his chest. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest sea battle since the Armada. Jack Cornwell was awarded a posthumous Victorian Cross f ...Show more
Surviving Droughts and Famines (Children's True Stories) by Kevin Cunningham
16.00 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Children's True Stories: Natural Disasters
Surviving Droughts and Famines will look at children who experienced droughts and famines around the world, through history and up to the present day. This series tells the astonishing true stories of real children’s experiences of surviving different natural disasters around the world. Each title fo ...Show more
Surviving Earthquakes (Children's True Stories) by Michael Burgan
16.00 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Children's True Stories: Natural Disasters
Surviving Earthquakes looks at children who have experienced earthquakes around the world, through history and up to the present day. Clear, accessible text, biographies, case studies, daily life examples, and statistics. Helpful organizations and contacts are also recommended.