Promotion for Penguin Books
Discover a story to share this Christmas – from the hilarious new Wimpy Kid to Christmas books for Bluey fans to taniwha tales from across NZ, Paper Plus has the perfect gift for every little reader. Explore a selection of their top Penguin Books for Christmas 2025.
Partypooper: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Partypooper, the 20th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. You’re invited – RSVP for fun!
Over the years, Greg Heffley has chronicled his mishaps and misadventures in a series of diaries, but book #20 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Partypooper, really takes the cake! Expect gobs of fun and over-the-top antics as Greg throws an epic birthday party for none other than himself. So come celebrate and laugh alongside Greg, his family, and the entire world of Wimpy Kid fans.
Hairy Maclary’s First 100 Words by Lynley Dodd
Take a walk with Hairy Maclary and lift the flaps to explore 100 first words with Hairy Maclary and his rascally gang in this bumper-sized board book!
Join the rascally dog and his friends as they go on adventures around the house and off up the street, to the park, to the zoo, and chase cats, play games and more – and discover 100 key first words along the way.
Perfect for tots just learning to talk as well as for preschoolers getting ready to read, little ones will love exploring the colourful scenes and lifting lots of flaps on every page as they learn and play with Hairy Maclary.
Taniwha by Gavin Bishop
A monster-sized book about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa!
Award-winning weaver of stories, Gavin Bishop, retells a variety of tales about the taniwha of Aotearoa, from the guardians who accompanied waka voyages to present-day inhabitants of the whenua and moana.
Taniwha are all around us. They are good at hiding or changing their shape. They can be very tricky. If you want to meet one, you have to know what to look for and where to look.
Describing how the landscape was shaped, and exploring relations between Māori and the sometimes friendly, but more often terrifying, supernatural creatures, these traditional stories are taken to a new level of spooky visual splendour.
Mum’s Busy Work by Jacinda Ardern
An inspiring and heartwarming book about the relationship between a working mum and her daughter by the former prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.
Today I got out of bed and asked Mum what day it was. ‘Monday,’ she said. I asked if that was a daycare day. She said yes. I stomped my feet. Even though daycare is fun, it’s still hard not to miss Mum throughout the week! But despite her busy job, there’s always time for stories, time for games, time for hugs, and time for love.
Based on real conversations Jacinda Ardern had with her young daughter while she was Prime Minster of New Zealand, this book celebrates the relationship between working mums and their children. With striking art by Ruby Jones, Mum’s Busy Work shows how, even when a parent and their child are apart during the day, the love between them is unquestionable.
Bluey: Christmas Little Library by Rick Riordan
Celebrate the holidays with Bluey, Bingo and the whole family in this Christmas Little Library. There are four books: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Food and Hooray, Presents! A gorgeous board book box set for kids of all ages.
Bluey is an award-winning preschool show about Bluey, a blue heeler pup, and her family.
The 113th Assistant Librarian 2: Lost in a Book by Stuart Wilson
The exciting sequel to The 113th Assistant Librarian is here!
Oliver has settled into his life as the 113th assistant librarian. He loves his job – even though it sometimes includes battling giant crabs or fending off firedrakes – and his new friend, the mostly-human Agatha, is always on hand to help. But when he discovers a rare edition of a history book with unique wording, he realises the slightest misinterpretation could endanger the entire kingdom. Determined to solve this mystery, he and Agatha leave the library – with the help of an unpredictable transporting book – to establish the truth. But can they prevent Annabel Clowritch, the esteemed Member for Upper-Lower Tumbledown Barrows, from using the text to her own advantage … and stop a war?
Nature for Kiwi Babies by Fraser Williamson
This beautiful, brightly illustrated board book introduces babies to the array of plants and insects that are found in New Zealand’s great outdoors.
From the honeybee to the harakeke flax bush, from a flowering plant to a caterpillar, this is the perfect book to help Kiwi babies identify and name the natural features of our beautiful environment and the creatures that inhabit it.
This simple book with essential words in English and Māori is certain to delight our littlest learners. Collect all the books in this bestselling bilingual English-Māori series for babies.
Spot’s Summer Christmas by Eric Hill
Join Spot and his family as they celebrate a sunny summer Christmas on the beach in this lift-the-flap story!
It’s Christmas Day, and the sun is shining! Everyone is very excited to head to the beach for a picnic. But when it’s time to tuck into Christmas lunch, Spot disappears – where did he go? Toddlers will enjoy searching for Spot as they follow along through this summer Christmas story, with lots of animals to meet along the way!
This new story is full of the unexpected surprises and gentle humour that makes the original Where’s Spot? a children’s classic. With interactive flaps to train fine motor skills, and an adventure that sparks curiosity and imagination, Spot’s Summer Christmas is the perfect Christmas gift for early learning and play.
Eric Hill’s Where’s Spot? was the first ever lift-the-flap book – and his ground-breaking innovation continues to delight and surprise readers with interactive fun.
The Girl and the Ghost 2 by Jacqueline Harvey
A trip to Paris and Versailles, an escaped convict, an ancient underground cave network, family mysteries and … ghosts!
Josephine Eloise Thomas is in Paris receiving a huge reward for solving one of the world’s greatest art heists. But she’s not alone. Gabriel Barbier, the gorgeous French boy who helped her solve the crime is there too, along with their families and the ghost of Louis XVII, who is still Josephine’s big secret, for now at least.
Amid the celebrations, the chilling news that Anastasia, the mastermind behind the crime, has escaped from custody sets everyone on edge. Upon arriving home to the chateau, the search for information about Josephine’s mother along with the hunt for Louis’s long-lost love, Madeleine Aubert – both reveal more twists and turns than Josephine could ever have dreamed of. Then, when Josephine’s best friend Harriet arrives from Singapore, the discovery of a prehistoric underground cave network takes the girls, Gabriel and Louis on an adventure like no other … but at a dangerous cost.
Will Anastasia stay away or exact her revenge on the children who put her behind bars? Can Louis help save them this time or will things go horribly wrong? And will Josephine EVER get a kiss from Gabriel?
Penguin Books has a great selection for every little reader on your Christmas list. Check out some of the best stories worth sharing this holiday season at Paper Plus.
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