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Welcoming you to The Puffin Book Club 2023!
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 to choose from 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!
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Blue, Blue Christmas by Anna Coddington | Book Review
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The Puffin’s Book of the Month
Blue Blue Christmas
He Kirihimete Kahurangi
By Anna Coddington and illustrations by award-winning Story Hemi-Morehouse
Forget the woolly jumpers, yule logs and snow, this kid is going to show Santa Claus how we do Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere – with sunglasses, beach cricket, surfing and barbecues!
While everybody is geting ready for Christmas, one kid is worried. Does Santa know it’s summer in the southern hemisphere? What if he overheats? She decides to send him a message. If the big guy gets her invitation, she’ll show him how much fun a blue, blue Christmas can be!
Te reo Māori edition HE KIRIHIMETE KAHURANGI also available!
The Puffin Book Club 2023 Books of the Month Reviews
Willa and Woof 3: Grandparents for Hire | Book Review
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PATU: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop | Book Review
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A Bonanza of Bluey Books
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There Was An Odd Farmer Who Swallowed A Fly | New Book
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Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter | Book Review
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Lucy And The Dark by Melinda Szymanik | Book Review
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Abigail and the Making of the Moon | Book Review
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Good Sports by Stuart Lipshaw | Book Review
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See what else is on the Puffin Book Club bookshelf
Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter | Book Review
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Amazing Aotearoa Activity Book | Book Review
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Little Kiwi and the Goodnight Sing-Song | Book Review
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Dinosaur Hunter | Book Review
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Let little imaginations grow with our fun Books of the Month activities
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Get into the holiday spirit with this Blue, Blue Christmas colouring-in activity!
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.