Recommended

All kids' and picture books

Nonfiction for kids by Auckland authors

Create, craft and contribute

Guard, guide and generations

Explore, examine, and experience

Reduce, reuse and recycle

Impacts, influence and improvement

Read a book about a character that is like you

Read a story about families with someone you love

Read a story about community in your local park

Read a story about Tāmaki Makaurau or by someone from here

Read about somewhere in the world you’d like to visit

Read a Māori myth or legend

Unbelievable achievements

Unbelievable stories

Unbelievable technology

Unbelievable world

Unbelievable wonders

Picture books for kids by Auckland authors

Fiction for kids by Auckland authors

Fiction for teens by Auckland authors

Anne’s picture book picks for 3-year-olds

Whānau

Gardening / Birds

Creatures in NZ waters

Weather

Tikanga Māori

Set future goals

Anzac reads for teens

Encouraging kids’ curiosity

Go environmental

Go mechanical

Get active

Be creative

Verse novels - eBooks for teens

Word play - poetry for kids

Chloe Gong's ride or die reads

LGBTQ+ families

LGBTIQ teen general fiction

Diverse universe - tweens' eBook graphic novels

Selected teen graphics

Read-along storybook eBooks

Picture books starring people of colour

Antiracism for teens

Antiracism for kids

Human rights for kids

Diverse teen reads

Youth of today speak out

Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr eBooks

Teen fantasy eBook

De-stress for teens eBooks

Sing-along in te reo on eAudio

Get motivated teen eBooks

Kiwi kids classics on eBook: Ron Bacon

Empathy and differences for kids

Hope and comfort

Weird, wild and wonderful

Tales retold

Bushcraft for kids

Lunar New Year stories

Celebrate Lunar New Year

Diwali kids nonfiction

Kids' guide to spies

Kids crack the case

Cryptic clues for kids

Why we recycle

Inventions throughout history

Evolution explained

To the moon and back

North Pole vs South Pole

From mountain peaks to ocean floors

Refugee stories for kids

Refugee stories for young children

Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

Mindfulness for kids

Native animals of New Zealand

Myths and legends from NZ and the Pacific

Starring Muslim teens

Refugee stories for kids

Anzac stories for tweens

Faiths of the world for kids

Helping children with grief

Women scientists

Everyday science for kids

Life lessons for teens

Celebrating Chinese culture

Talk to the animals

Summer stories for tweens

Summer sports stories for teens

Creative activities for the summer

Travel the world this summer

Twelve Books of Christmas

Poetry for kids

Children's diaries

Conservation for kids

Reread a childhood favourite

Wordless picture books

Coding for kids

Amazing places books can take you

Voyages and travel

Diwali kids fiction

Retro reads: picture books

Time turning school holiday reads

Time turning reads for kids

Explorers of our world

Retro reads

Real life young heroes

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Inspirational women

Building heroes page by page

Stories read aloud

Aussie Anzac picture books

Sophisticated Anzac picture books

Anzac picture books

Dyslexia friendly reads for teens

Dyslexia friendly reads for kids

Children at war

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LGBTIQ picture books

If you like fiction based on true events...for tweens

Top multicultural picture books

Books to encourage reluctant readers

Advanced books for keen tween readers

Teen reads by Kiwi authors

Advanced books for keen young readers

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LGBTIQ teen fiction

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