Scholastic New Zealand

18/07/2025

OUT NOW

Right Back at You by Carolyn Mackler is a 😂 hysterical and all-too-relatable story for your young reader 📚 about finding the friend you need 🤝... even if that friend happens to live in the past 🕰️.

For ages 9+, available now in bookstores and online retailers.

11/07/2025

👻📚 NEW BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER BOOK!

Karen thinks there’s a ghost in her house! But she has never really seen the ghost of Old Ben Brewer... until now.

08/07/2025

Join naughty best friends Ollie the vampire squid 🦑 and Zing the toxin-squirting sea bunny 🐰 as they cause chaos in the deep sea 🌊 with the rest of their undersea crew 🐠💥!

📚 😂

04/07/2025

Be a part of the Games!

The no. 1 bestselling Hunger Games series from Suzanne Collins will be available in a Five-Book Paperback Box Set from October 2025.

30/06/2025

📚🔥 Massive Book Sale in Auckland – Starts tomorrow!

AUCKLAND – Here's a sneak peek at just a few of the thousands of books available (while stocks last!).

⚖️ Priced by weight at just $1.20 per 100 grams – please disregard any price stickers on the covers in the photos.

🕗 Opening Hours: 8:00am – 2:45pm daily

📅 Dates:
• Tuesday 1 July 2025
• Wednesday 2 July 2025
•Thursday 3 July 2025

📍 Location: Scholastic NZ, 21 Lady Ruby Drive, East Tāmaki, Auckland

Street and visitor parking available

Find more details on our website:
🔗 scholastic.co.nz/parents/warehouse-sale

29/06/2025

CHRISTCHURCH – Here's a sneak peek at some of the thousands of books available at the sale starting tomorrow (while stock lasts!).

Most paperback books and novels will cost between $1.50 and $4.

⚖️ Priced by weight at just $1.20 per 100 grams – so please ignore the price stickers on the covers in the photos.

🕗 Opening Hours: 8:00am – 2:45pm daily

📅 Dates:
• Tuesday 1 July 2025
• Wednesday 2 July 2025
• Thursday 3 July 2025

📍 Location: 12 Midas Place, Middleton, Christchurch

Street parking only

More details are available on our website:
🔗 scholastic.co.nz/parents/warehouse-sale

27/06/2025

BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Littlemouse has big dreams – and Mamamouse is always right there to cheer Littlemouse on. 🐭💭💞

BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU is the latest picture book by Mark Sommerset, with gorgeous illustrations by Dïne. It’s a joyful celebration of imagination, creativity and unconditional love. For ages 3+.

We have 5 prize packs to give away – each includes:
📘 A copy of Because You Are You
💌 A beautifully designed greeting card
🎁 Matching wrapping paper

To enter, simply comment below and tell us who you’d love to share this book with! 🐭💖📚

Entries close at 10pm on Sunday 29 June and we’ll contact the winners the next day. 📘📘📘📘📘

BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU is available now from bookstores and online retailers.

📩 NZ ADDRESSES ONLY
(We will never ask for your credit card details or for you to click any suspicious links.)
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22/06/2025

📣 **CALLING ALL WELLINGTONIANS** 📣

Don’t miss this special book launch event next week celebrating the brilliant Ruth Paul Picture Books – award-winning author and illustrator of books we know and love!

📅 Wednesday 2 July
🕕 6:00pm
📍 Unity Books on Willis Street

We’re celebrating not one, but THREE books:

🌿 **Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Māmā** – the powerful true story of conservation in action

👻 Ghost Kiwi – Ruth’s thrilling middle-grade fiction debut

🐟 **You Can’t Pat a Fish** – a 2024 NZCYA Awards finalist!

🗣️ *Capital Kiwi* will be speaking

✍️ Ruth will be signing books

🎉 And there’ll be plenty of good vibes and great reads!

Bring a friend, support local, and enjoy an inspiring evening. See you there! 📚✨

Send a message to learn more

18/06/2025

✨ MATARIKI BOOK GIVEAWAY ✨

To celebrate Matariki, we're giving 10 readers the chance to win one of the following new titles that recognise this special time of year.

🌌 Matariki ki te Ao (Māori edition of Matariki Around the World)
By Rangi Matamua, Miriama Kamo & Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
Translated by Leon Blake & Pānia Papa (Kotahi Rau Pukapuka)

🌬 The Wild and Windy Stars of Matariki: Ururangi and Waipunarangi – available in both English and te reo Māori.
These books are part of the popular series by Miriama Kamo and Zak Waipara with translation by Ariana Stevens and Ngaere Roberts.

To enter, simply comment below and tell us how you are celebrating Matariki this year.

This giveaway closes Sunday 22 June at 10pm.

⚠️ NZ addresses only. Beware of scammers, we’ll never ask for credit card details or send suspicious links⚠️

Miriama Kamo Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

13/06/2025

Meet 🐶 Bob the puppy, and his humans, Ella and Olivia 👧👧 in the brand-new series in the Ella and Olivia world: Ella and Olivia's Puppy Club 📚✨

🎨

11/06/2025

We are excited to feature five new and upcoming titles in the Booksellers Aotearoa NZ Kids' Winter Reading Guide.

This is a handy catalogue designed to excite young readers about books being released this winter. Filled with over 50 incredible titles from Aotearoa's leading publishers, more than half of which are by NZ authors and illustrators, this little guide packs a big punch. Pick up a free copy from your local independent bookshop today!

Illustrations by Pippa Keel Situ (from the book Te Ngahere i te Pō – The forest at night by Kiri Lightfoot – Allen & Unwin NZ)

28/05/2025

NEW BOOK RELEASE – Pia is a softly-spoken middle schooler whose life is turned upside down after the loss of her younger brother 💔, followed by her parents' decision to move to a new town 🏡.

A heartwarming and inspiring story told with humour 😂, magic ✨ and a touch of mystery 🕵️‍♀️.

🚂 📚 💧