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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!

Gavin Bishop Treasury

The Gavin Bishop Treasury | Book Review

"The Gavin Bishop Treasury" is a special hardback collection of 10 classic children's stories for young readers to treasure and families to enjoy together ...
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Gavin Bishop Treasury

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.

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The Puffin Book Club 2024 Books of the Month Reviews

Gavin Bishop Treasury

The Gavin Bishop Treasury | Book Review

"The Gavin Bishop Treasury" is a special hardback collection of 10 classic children's stories for ...
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Hairy Maclary's Magnet Fun

Hairy Maclary’s Magnet Fun by Lynley Dodd | Book Review

Create your own stories with Hairy Maclary and all his friends in the fun new ...
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Hairy Maclary and Friends Meet the Gang

Hairy Maclary and Friends: Meet the Gang by Lynley Dodd | Book Review

Meet Hairy Maclary and his rollicking gang in this delightful board book with tabs! Who ...
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Ring Ting Tūī

Ring Ting Tūī by Elena de Roo & Paul Beavis | Book Review

A melodious counting picture book bursting with troublesome tūī, perfect to read aloud! In "Ring ...
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Nanny Rina’s Amazing Nets by Qiane Matata-Sipu

Nanny Rina’s Amazing Nets by Qiane Matata-Sipu | Book Review

"Nanny Rina's Amazing Nets" is a heartwarming story about aroha, whānau, passing down traditional knowledge ...
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Lulu and the Dance Detectives

Lulu & The Dance Detectives #3 and #4 | Book Review

The third and fourth books in the Lulu and the Dance Detectives illustrated chapter series ...
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The Puffin Book Club 2023 Books of the Month Reviews

PATU: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop

PATU: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop | Book Review

Discover the key people, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in "PATU", the ...
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Lucy and The Dark book

Lucy And The Dark by Melinda Szymanik | Book Review

When Lucy makes friends with the Dark she discovers a new and exciting world! Meanwhile, ...
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Blue Blue Christmas

Blue, Blue Christmas by Anna Coddington | Book Review

"Blue, Blue Christmas" is a charming and funny story about how we celebrate Christmas in ...
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Bluey Books

A Bonanza of Bluey Books

Bluey is a six-year-old blue heeler pup who loves to play. Along with her friends ...
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Granny McFlitter's Eggcellent Easter | Book Review

Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter | Book Review

Hold on to your bonnets - can champion knitter Granny McFlitter rescue the Easter Parade ...
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Abigail and the Making of the Moon | Book Review

Abigail and the Making of the Moon | Book Review

Join Abigail on a discovery mission to find out where the Moon came from and ...
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Willa and Woof 3: Grandparents for Hire

Willa and Woof 3: Grandparents for Hire | Book Review

Willa and Woof are back, this time trying to find the perfect solution for kids ...
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Good Sports book review

Good Sports by Stuart Lipshaw | Book Review

Bursting with energy and inspiration, "Good Sports" makes for fascinating reading for New Zealanders of ...
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See what else is on the Puffin Book Club bookshelf

moose the pilot

Moose The Pilot | Book Review

Set in the world of Puffin the Architect and her friends, the adventures of the ...
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ebooks for kids

E-books Your Young Reader Can Get Stuck Into

Looking for a new book series to get your young reader stuck into? This month ...
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Lulu and the Dance Detectives

Lulu & The Dance Detectives #3 and #4 | Book Review

The third and fourth books in the Lulu and the Dance Detectives illustrated chapter series ...
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kia kaha

Kia Kaha: A Storybook of Māori Who Changed the World | Book Review

A powerful illustrated storybook for the tamariki and rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand celebrating Māoritanga! ...
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Let little imaginations grow with our fun Books of the Month activities

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Nanny Rina's Amazing Nets activity

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.

Bluey activities

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 activities

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.

Abigail and the Making of the Moon

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.

Granny McFlitters Easter activities

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.