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Welcome to The Puffin Book Club 2024!
Our Puffin Book Club hub has been home to some of the very best stories for our young readers since 2019, so there’s plenty of awesome books to read on our club hub bookshelf!
From adventurous cats to detective dogs, from moose pilots to an artist goose, to counting Pukeko and singing Kiwi. You can discover the universe or explore NZ, learn about emotions or the Atua: Maori Gods.
You’ll find many loveable characters, go on magical adventures and explore exciting worlds, in our Puffin Books of the Month, written to spark a lifelong love of reading in our little ones.
Join us and remember our club motto, there’s always time for stories!
The Gavin Bishop Treasury | Book Review
The Puffin’s Book of the Month
The Gavin Bishop Treasury
10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales
Written and illustrated by Gavin Bishop
A very special hardback collection of 10 classic children’s stories for young readers to treasure, written and illustrated by the multiple-award-winning New Zealand author Gavin Bishop.
Comprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and stunning artwork this beautiful gift collection will entrance families of all ages and sizes and is the ideal inducement to snuggle up and read together.
The Puffin Book Club 2024 Books of the Month Reviews
Hairy Maclary’s Magnet Fun by Lynley Dodd | Book Review
The Gavin Bishop Treasury | Book Review
Nanny Rina’s Amazing Nets by Qiane Matata-Sipu | Book Review
Hairy Maclary and Friends: Meet the Gang by Lynley Dodd | Book Review
The Puffin Book Club 2023 Books of the Month Reviews
Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter | Book Review
Lucy And The Dark by Melinda Szymanik | Book Review
Matariki | Book Review
Abigail and the Making of the Moon | Book Review
There Was An Odd Farmer Who Swallowed A Fly | New Book
PATU: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop | Book Review
A Bonanza of Bluey Books
Blue, Blue Christmas by Anna Coddington | Book Review
See what else is on the Puffin Book Club bookshelf
The Māori Picture Dictionary / Te Papakupu Whakaahua | Book Review
Abigail and the Restless Raindrop | Book Review
PATU: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop | Book Review
Get Outdoors – Brilliant Boredom Busters For Kiwi Kids | Book Review
Let little imaginations grow with our fun Books of the Month activities
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Print and colour in this sheet from Nanny Rina’s Amazing Nets – a heartwarming story about aroha, whānau, passing down traditional knowledge and welcoming in the new year.
After the belly laughs reading There Was An Odd Farmer Who Swallowed a Fly, have some fun finding the words in this Word Search!
Bluey is excited to share with you a range of fun activities to do together! Dot-to-dot, colouring in, make a felt Bob Bilby finger puppet then refuel with a home-made pizza.
Join Abigail on a discovery mission! Read this fabulous story that explains where the moon comes from and how it stays in the sky then the kids can continue on their voyage of discovery and with a free printable word search and quiz.
Have fun with Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter! Read this fabulous story celebrating Easter traditions and handicrafts, then have the kids enjoy colouring, finding their way through the Easter Maze and solving the eggcellent Word Search.
