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Summer shop

Scroll down for our top summer books and activity sheets for kids.

Banish summer boredom!

Keep little ones entertained all summer long.

 

Download the Summer Activity Booklet

Never get bored on a journey again

Books to keep children occupied on planes, trains and other forms of transport.
  1. Lots of Travel Puzzles and Games book cover
    Lots of Travel Puzzles and Games
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  2. Fingertrail Dinosaur Mazes book cover
    Fingertrail Dinosaur Mazes
    Age: 12+ months
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  3. Agent Arthur's Jungle Journey book cover
    Agent Arthur's Jungle Journey
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$5.99
  4. 100 Children's Crosswords: Planet Earth book cover
    100 Children's Crosswords: Planet Earth
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  5. First Sticker Book Cars book cover
    First Sticker Book Cars
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  6. Fingerprint Activities Superheroes book cover
    Fingerprint Activities Superheroes
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  7. Famous Art to Colour book cover
    Famous Art to Colour
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$7.99
  8. Holiday Activity Book book cover
    Holiday Activity Book
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  9. Holiday Activities book cover
    Holiday Activities
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  10. 100 Children's Wordsearches: Sports book cover
    100 Children's Wordsearches: Sports
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  11. Never Get Bored on a Train Puzzles & Games book cover
    Never Get Bored on a Train Puzzles & Games
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  12. Travel Activity Book book cover
    Travel Activity Book
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  13. 100 things for little children to do on a journey book cover
    100 things for little children to do on a journey
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  14. 100 things to do on a journey book cover
    100 things to do on a journey
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  15. Travel Activity Pad book cover
    Travel Activity Pad
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  16. Travel Pencil and Paper Puzzles book cover
    Travel Pencil and Paper Puzzles
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$8.99
  17. Little First Stickers Travel book cover
    Little First Stickers Travel
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  18. Holiday Puzzles and Games book cover
    Holiday Puzzles and Games
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$16.99

Spend some time out and about this summer

These books are perfect for children who love to explore the great outdoors.
  1. Nature Spotting Guide book cover
    Nature Spotting Guide
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  2. One Little Seed book cover
    One Little Seed
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  3. One Little Bee book cover
    One Little Bee
    Age: 2+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  4. Poppy and Sam's Nature Sounds book cover
    Poppy and Sam's Nature Sounds
    Age: 6+ months
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  5. Garden Life to Spot book cover
    Garden Life to Spot
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$9.99
  6. Farm Animals to Spot book cover
    Farm Animals to Spot
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  7. Rock Pool Life to Spot book cover
    Rock Pool Life to Spot
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$9.99
  8. Urban Wildlife to Spot book cover
    Urban Wildlife to Spot
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$9.99
  9. Trees to Spot book cover
    Trees to Spot
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$8.99
  10. Birds to Spot book cover
    Birds to Spot
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$8.99
  11. The Usborne Outdoor Book book cover
    The Usborne Outdoor Book
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  12. Never Get Bored Outdoors book cover
    Never Get Bored Outdoors
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  13. Nature Activity Book book cover
    Nature Activity Book
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$29.99
  14. Poppy and Sam's Nature Spotting Book book cover
    Poppy and Sam's Nature Spotting Book
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$19.99

Books to prevent learning loss

Inspiring books for children to sink their teeth into during the summer holidays.

Summer Shop

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  1. Things to Spot in Summer book cover
    Things to Spot in Summer
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$3.99
  2. Happy Summer Colouring Book book cover
    Happy Summer Colouring Book
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  3. First Sticker Book Summer book cover
    First Sticker Book Summer
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  4. Seashore Magic Painting Book book cover
    Seashore Magic Painting Book
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  5. Sticker Dolly Dressing Summer Camp book cover
    Sticker Dolly Dressing Summer Camp
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  6. Summer Magic Painting Book book cover
    Summer Magic Painting Book
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  7. Summer things to make and do book cover
    Summer things to make and do
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  8. First Sticker Book Holiday book cover
    First Sticker Book Holiday
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  9. Big Activity Book Dinosaurs book cover
    Big Activity Book Dinosaurs
    Age: 4+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  10. Lots of Travel Puzzles and Games book cover
    Lots of Travel Puzzles and Games
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  11. Holiday Activity Book book cover
    Holiday Activity Book
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  12. Sparkly Sea Creatures Sticker Book book cover
    Sparkly Sea Creatures Sticker Book
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  13. My Big Happy Colouring Book book cover
    My Big Happy Colouring Book
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  14. Big Book of Big Bugs book cover
    Big Book of Big Bugs
    Age: 4+
    RRP  NZ$9.99
  15. Fairy things to make and do book cover
    Fairy things to make and do
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$16.00
  16. What Can I Do with Paper and Glue? book cover
    What Can I Do with Paper and Glue?
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$7.99
  17. Big Sticker Book of Trucks book cover
    Big Sticker Book of Trucks
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  18. Sparkly Mermaids Sticker Book book cover
    Sparkly Mermaids Sticker Book
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  19. Slide and See Under the Sea book cover
    Slide and See Under the Sea
    Age: 6+ months
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  20. Big Sticker Book of Sharks book cover
    Big Sticker Book of Sharks
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  21. 24 Hours under the Ocean book cover
    24 Hours under the Ocean
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  22. Pirates Colouring and Activity Book book cover
    Pirates Colouring and Activity Book
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$4.99
  23. That's not my shark... book cover
    That's not my shark...
    Age: 3+ months
    RRP  NZ$15.99
  24. Cut and Stick Animals book cover
    Cut and Stick Animals
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  25. Little Children's Spot the Difference Book book cover
    Little Children's Spot the Difference Book
    Age: 2+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  26. 365 things to make and do book cover
    365 things to make and do
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$12.99
  27. Aliens Puzzle Book book cover
    Aliens Puzzle Book
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  28. Holiday Activities book cover
    Holiday Activities
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  29. Sparkly Summer Sticker Book book cover
    Sparkly Summer Sticker Book
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  30. My First Lift-the-flap Spot and Say At the Zoo book cover
    My First Lift-the-flap Spot and Say At the Zoo
    Age: 2+
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  31. 100 Children's Wordsearches: Holiday book cover
    100 Children's Wordsearches: Holiday
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  32. Sticker Dolly Dressing Holiday book cover
    Sticker Dolly Dressing Holiday
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  33. 100 Children's Crosswords: Holiday book cover
    100 Children's Crosswords: Holiday
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  34. Little Sticker Dolly Dressing Summertime Fairies book cover
    Little Sticker Dolly Dressing Summertime Fairies
    Age: 4+
    RRP  NZ$12.99
  35. Travel Activity Book book cover
    Travel Activity Book
    Age: 6+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  36. Holiday Puzzles and Games book cover
    Holiday Puzzles and Games
    Age: 7+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  37. Sticker Dolly Dressing Travel book cover
    Sticker Dolly Dressing Travel
    Age: 5+
    RRP  NZ$16.99
  38. Little First Stickers Summer book cover
    Little First Stickers Summer
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  39. Poppy and Sam's Wipe-Clean Summer Activities book cover
    Poppy and Sam's Wipe-Clean Summer Activities
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$14.99
  40. Wipe-Clean Summer Activities book cover
    Wipe-Clean Summer Activities
    Age: 3+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
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