Chris Gurney

 A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with a unique and fun Kiwi angle. Fun read-aloud verse from Kiwi Corker favourite Chris Gurney.

The story of Cinderella is retold here with a New Zealand slant. In this story, it is the owner of a sparkly jandal that must be located, so that the man of the hour (Peter J Prince, who presides over the barbie at his party at the big house on the hill) can find his sheila! Charming rhyme and r...

A reworking of the classic A Christmas Carol tale with a distinctive Kiwi flavour. Fun read-aloud verse from Kiwi Corker favourite Chris Gurney.

The Emperor’s New Clothes is retold with a Kiwi slant. About the Author Auckland author Chris Gurney writes with a faultless sense of rhyme and rhythm and shows great humorous talent. About the Illustrator Illustrator of the Fifi la Belle titles and Diana Noonan’s charming A...

"Ouch! said Hester Lister , for she had a nasty blister, right on the tippy of her tongue ..." Hester asks everyone to help her find a remedy for her pesky blister problem, but her journey has an unexpected result!AccoladesShortlisted for PANZ Book Design Awards: Children's Book 2011.Author Biograph...

Browsing through her recipe book, the Little Blue Duck decides to make that great kiwi classic, a pavlova! But Tui, Kea and Weta are no help at all, leaving Little Blue Duck to do all the work so when the time comes to eat the pavlova, there s no prizes for guessing who is not allowed any! Kiwi rete...

Times are tough, and when Mum sends Trev off to the market to sell his bike, she is disgusted when he comes home with a handful of seeds and chucks them out the window. Next morning, Trev is amazed to see a giant kauri tree has grown up beside the house and at the top of the tree he finds a taniwha'...

In this version of the Grimm Brothers' The Frog Prince, Kiri kicks her footy into the pond. It is retrieved for her by Archey the frog, who in return demands to sit on a soft pillow, eating chocolate fish and watching the rugby on the big-screen TV! Kiri's annoyance turns to surprise then joy, when,...

While on a walk, Goldie smells the irresistible aroma of fresh fish and chips. Since there's no one home at the Penguin household, she goes in and helps herself. Dad's food is too hot, Mum's is too cold ...but guess what? Baby's is just right! A fun Kiwi retelling of the story of Goldilocks and the ...

Another in this popular series of Kiwi retellings of traditional tales - this time with a Christmas angle. Christmas is approaching, and Kahu the cloakmaker has only enough materials left to make one cloak. But that night, as he and his wife sleep, they are visited by patupaiarehe, who make the fine...

When is a giraffe not a giraffe …? Jack is fearful of the dreadful ‘giraffe’ that everyone talks about thumping and bumping around the house, trying to get in. His imagination knows no bounds. So why does Mum laugh and tell him he’s being silly?