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      Slide and See Animals
      
      Slide and See Books
      
      Age: 6+ months
      
      RRP NZ$7.99
      
      An engaging board book for very young children, with sliding panels to reveal images hiding below. Babies will love moving the sliders to make a bush baby...
      
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      First Questions & Answers: Why do we need worms?
      
      First Questions and Answers
      
      Age: 4+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      Worms are so much more than wiggly minibeasts. This bold, bright and brilliant book delves underground, discovering what worms do all day (and night),...
      
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      Get That Monster Out Of Here!
      
      Peculiar Pop-Ups
      
      Age: 5+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      You'd better not open the flaps, because the monsters might get out! There's a hilarious beastie waiting to jump out from behind each flap in this irresistible...
      
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      Spotter's Cards Flags of the World
      
      Spotter's Cards
      
      Age: 7+
      
      RRP NZ$7.99
      
      56 double-sided cards show the flag of every independent country in the world. Each flag is accompanied by country data, from capital cities to currencies....
      
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      Royal Scandal
      
      Royal Blood
      
      Age: 12+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      PRAISE FOR ROYAL BLOOD: "Royal Blood is The Princess Diaries meets What A Girl Wants meets Gossip Girl." CULTUREFLY "An...
      
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      Where Sleeping Girls Lie
      
      Age: 14+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. Where Sleeping Girls Lie is a haunting and compulsive new Dark Academia mystery of secrets, lies...
      
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      Cute Stickers Unicorns
      
      Usborne Cute Stickers
      
      Age: 3+
      
      RRP NZ$14.99
      
      Add the stickers to the pages of this delightful book to fill the meadows, waterfalls, palaces and skies with super cute unicorns! Illustrated in the classic...
      
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      Write Your Own Family History
      
      Write Your Own
      
      Age: 7+
      
      RRP NZ$24.99
      
      What was school like for Grandma? What was your Great Uncle's first job? What can we find out from old photos, documents and objects? This...
      
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      Peep Inside How a Submarine Works
      
      Peep Inside
      
      Age: 3+
      
      RRP NZ$17.99
      
      Lift flaps and peep through holes to explore with a little sub on a deep-sea dive. Find out how the sub works by opening it up and peeping inside at the...
      
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      Feed your Dinosaur
      
      Turn the Wheel Books
      
      Age: 2+
      
      RRP NZ$16.99
      
      Your dinosaur is so hungry it's begun to chew on the book. Quickly, find something for it to eat! Will it like a bunch of flowers? Or...
      
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      I'm (Mostly) Happy Being ME
      
      I'm Not Very
      
      Age: 3+
      
      RRP NZ$24.99
      
      In this sweet, thoughtful story, a little boy feels unhappy when he compares himself to his classmates. But he comes to realize there's a lot more...
      
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      Write Your Own Story Word Book
      
      Write Your Own
      
      Age: 8+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      Provides helpful advice on choosing the best words for creating characters, setting scenes and shaping stories, as well as special vocabulary for different...
      
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      Always Angel
      
      Age: 9+
      
      RRP NZ$19.99
      
      A powerful novel about second chances, friendship and finding the courage to rewrite your story.Angel finds school hard.She talks...
      
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      100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet
      
      100 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
      
      Age: 8+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      How could plastic-eating bacteria help reduce waste? Can a river be given human rights? Could we generate all the power we need from the sun...
      
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      Lift-the-flap First Questions and Answers How can I make friends?
      
      First Questions and Answers
      
      Age: 4+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      This warm, practical and inclusive book is a wonderful tool for little children learning to make friends. You'll meet Rhino and lots of other young animals,...
      
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      World Kitchen - Celebrations
      
      Cookbooks
      
      Age: 7+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      Join families from all corners of the globe as they share their much-loved recipes for special occasions and festivals. Whether they're for Ramadan...
      
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      Peep Inside a Fairy Tale The Snow Queen
      
      Peep Inside a Fairy Tale
      
      Age: 3+
      
      RRP NZ$22.99
      
      Peep through the pages of this classic story to follow Gerda on her magical journey to rescue her friend Kay from the evil Snow Queen. With delicate cutaway...
      
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      'Twas the Night before Christmas
      
      Picture Books
      
      Age: 2+
      
      RRP NZ$19.99
      
      'Twas the Night Before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.' The traditional and much-loved Christmas...
      
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      Forgotten Fairy Tales: The Sleeping Prince
      
      Young Reading Series 1
      
      Age: 5+
      
      RRP NZ$14.99
      
      A brave princess goes on an epic quest. Surviving the terrible dangers of a forest that no man is brave enough to enter she reaches an enchanted castle...
      
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National Year of Reading 2026

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National Year of Reading 2026

National Year of Reading 2026

Celebrate the National Year of Reading with Usborne

If you're into it, read into it! Inspire a love of reading and go all in on your hobbies. Explore tips and ideas throughout this page.

Discover more about the National Year of Reading 2026

Beginner's Cookbook

Age: 9+

RRP NZ$34.99
World Kitchen

Age: 7+

RRP NZ$22.99
World Kitchen - Celebrations

Age: 7+

RRP NZ$22.99
Art Puzzle Book

Age: 7+

RRP NZ$19.99
What Can I Do with a Cardboard Box?

Age: 6+

RRP NZ$19.99
Write and Draw Your Own Comics

Age: 7+

RRP NZ$22.99
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Write Your Own Family History

Age: 7+

RRP NZ$24.99
100 Things to Know About Music

Age: 8+

RRP NZ$22.99
Award Winner

Kick

Age: 10+

RRP NZ$19.99
Wipe-Clean Football Activities

Age: 3+

RRP NZ$19.99
Activity Book Nature

Age: 4+

RRP NZ$6.99
One Little Frog

Age: 2+

RRP NZ$16.99

Explore free activities

Make a fantasy map or a pretend poisonous potion! What will you pick?

Changing times

People in your family will have lived through many changes. Ask them about the differences between their childhood and the way we live now.

Age: 5-6 years
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View book: Write Your Own Family History
Goal!

Trace the dotted lines, count the players and spot the differences in these football themed activities.

Age: 3-4 years
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View book: Wipe-Clean Football Activities
Invent it and Name it

Come up with your own pointless but fun invention and give it a memorable name.

Age: 7+ years
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View book: Inventions Scribble Book
Foody Fun

Doodle faces, discover facts and learn to cook delicious dishes!

Age: 5-6 years
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View book: Fabulous Activity Book
Pia's Pet Club Activity Pack

Design your own pet, answer Pia's quiz and more in this fun-filled activity pack!

Age: 7+ years
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View book: Pia's Pet Club: Puppy Problem
Make a fantasy map

Grab a cardboard box and design your own map!

Age: 5-6 years
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View book: What Can I Do with a Cardboard Box?
Make a Suncatcher

Create your own suncatcher with strips of tissue paper.

Age: 5-6 years
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View book: Summer things to make and do
Make a pretend poisonous potion

Follow these steps to find out how liquids separate into layers and how you can mix them together.

Age: 5-6 years
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View book: 365 Science Activities