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Puffin is home to some of the very best stories for young readers (and readers who are young at heart!). Here we’ve discovered magical adventures and fascinating characters, built to spark a lifelong
love of reading in our little ones.
Read on and remember, there’s always time for stories… especially at Christmas!
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Beautiful books make brilliant gifts, and Puffin have great gifting options for all ages. From board books to chapter books, they’ve got all readers covered!
Give the gift of reading this Christmas with Puffin’s Christmas Picks!
📖 Slinky Malinki 123
📖 Amazing Aotearoa Activity Book
📖 The Deep End: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (15)
Puffin’s Book of the Month 2020 Reviews
Hound the Detective | Book Review
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E-books Your Young Reader Can Get Stuck Into
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Kiwi Baby | Book Review
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I Am The Universe | Book Review
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Abigail and the Restless Raindrop | Book Review
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Amazing Aotearoa Activity Book | Book Review
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Taking the Lead | Book Review
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The Midnight Adventures of Ruru and Kiwi | Book Review
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Make the most of the loveable characters and exciting adventures from our books of the month with these fun activities!
Click the images below, download, print and let their little imaginations continue to grow…
Have more awesome learning fun The Amazing Aotearoa activity pack! The kids can do Wordfinder Warrior, Land Loss Labyrinth, play a game of Eels and Hooks, and get creative with their own story – what would be their super power?!
With big wide eyes that have been inspired by the wonder of the universe, the earth, and their place in it, your kids can get creative and have fun colouring in our solar system with this I am the Universe colouring sheet!
After searching for clues hidden in the pictures and helping Hound, a brilliant detective, to solve the riddle in Hound the Detective, help him solve another case in this puzzling Spot the Difference activity!
After reading the sweet story of Abigail and the Restless Raindrop you can let your kiddies wonder about the world and think up their own big questions as they colour in the sweet line drawing of a girl looking at raindrops and wondering about the the world around her.
If you’re awaiting the arrival of your very own Kiwi Baby with the almost Big Sibling eagerly or hesitantly awaiting too, the family could start preparing to welcome baby home with this cute Kiwi Baby activity – Kiwi Baby Bunting! You’ll need to print the bunting, some scissors (for mum or dad), sticky tape or wooden pegs, and string or ribbon. Have fun!
After exercising your child’s imagination by taking an adventure in the forest with the nocturnal creatures busy in the moonlight feasting and dancing with glee, get the kids to design their very own party invitation to their very own midnight feast inspired by the delightful tale.
Read Dandy the Mountain Pony, book one of the Showtym Adventures the bestselling series inspired by true stories from the Wilson sisters’ childhoods as they first encounter horses in the wild and learn what it takes to make them champions. And get your kids to try their hand at the Crossword, Wordfind and Spot the Difference activities!
Roald Dahl books are a must for a young reader’s bookshelves. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda are big fan favourites! But since the movie is scheduled for release later this year, why not try The Witches. Then get your kid’s imagination into gear for the Invention Room, and colouring creativity for their very own DO NOT DISTURB door hangers!
The Trials of Apollo is a rip roaring adventure series that needs to be read chronologically beginning with book one- The Hidden Oracle. Get the kids to try out the Hidden Oracle Word Search!
Is your kid familiar with the trials and tribulations of Greg Heffley? If not, with fourteen books in the Diary of A Wimpy Kid series so far, there’s plenty to keep them going for a while! And get the kids creating their own Greg Heffley mask BOOH-YAH!
After you’ve followed Jacinda Ardern’s path to leadership get your own little trailblazers to try out this word grid. Can they find them all?!