Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling

'It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities'Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter can't wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end. But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts. Returning to the castle nevertheless, ...

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

This Scholastic Classic edition of Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring book is beautifully packaged for children today. "I want to do something splendid. something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what,but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish ...

Free Kid to Good Home

Hiroshi Ito

An hilarious story about sibling rivalry and a child's impulse to run away from home-(and come back again!)"When my squawking baby brother arrived, I realised I needed a new family. No one seemed to mind when I packed my bag. I took a box and used my best handwriting to write 'FREE KID', then waited for...

The Twin Stars of Matariki: Waiti and Waita

Miriama Kamo

Te Rerehua and Sam know that nothing in nature is identical; not the eels, not the stones on the beach ... not even the twin stars of Matariki, Waiti and Waita: one looks after fresh water and lakes, the other salt water – the ocean. When they notice Waiti is looking dim one night, Grandma and Poua enli...