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Welcome to The Children's Bookshop
Visit us at our Kilbirnie shop or place your order on-line using the search function above.
The Children's Bookshop is a privately owned independent specialist bookstore dedicated to providing the widest range of children's and young adult literature from New Zealand and around the world.
The owners, John and Ruth McIntyre, and their staff (see About Us) are passionate about reading and are always willing to share their knowledge with their customers.
We are experts at matching children with books, and get the greatest pleasure at finding reading for children who aren't traditionally readers.
In 2003 The Children's Bookshop was named New Zealand's Independent Bookshop of the year, the first time it has ever been awarded to a specialist bookstore, and was runner-up to Unity Books of Wellington for the same award in 2008.
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday - 9am to 5.30pm
Saturday - 9am to 4pm
Sunday - closed
We are closed on Public Holidays (January 1 and 2; Wellington Anniversary Day; Waitangi Day [Feb 6]; Good Friday; Easter Monday; Anzac Day [April 25]; Queen's Birthday; Labour Day; Christmas Day [December 25] and Boxing Day [December 26].
   Patrick Ness to visit Wellington, Thursday March 11th
Come and hear the highly acclaimed author of the thrilling dystopian series taking the literary world by storm, Chaos Walking - The Knife of Never Letting Go #1 and The Ask & the Answer #2.
Patrick Ness will be speaking at Scots College on 11 March at 1.30pm. Send us an email or phone (04) 387 3905 to reserve your seat. Entry is by gold coin donation, with all proceeds going to the Haiti earthquake relief fund.
His books have won the 2009 Costa Children's Book Award, the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Fiction Prize and he was shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009.
Have a look at our Photos and Events!
View John's National Radio Review List!
See the finalists of the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards
Download a printable PDF of our latest newsletter
Storytime with Marie
Join us at 10.30am Fridays for 30 minutes of stories and music with ace storyteller Marie Murdoch. There's a lucky draw every week, plus discount vouchers for coffee or tea at Love a Coffee Cafe opposite our store. The books Marie reads are available to buy that day with a 10% discount off the normal price. Children aged 2 to 5, with their caregivers, are welcome.
Special Orders
As well as carrying a huge range of contemporary literature we also stock childhood favourites from the past, and excel at sourcing hard-to-find books from around the world. Even if you have been told a title is out of print, please let us try to find it for you.
Please Note: Books found on our website do not necessarily reflect our current stock in the store. However, we are happy to order any book for you as long as it is in print.
Note also that when ordering through our website, we can process only Visa and Mastercard credit cards.
Newsletter
We produce a high-quality customer newsletter 3 times a year, in March, July and November, keeping you up to date with reviews of the latest titles available. Let us know if you would like us to mail it to you.
Schools
We have a considerable number of schools and public libraries who are regular customers, for whom we produce a collection of newsletters once a term. In them we review new books that we believe are must-haves - fiction and non-fiction - and we are happy to add you to our mailing list.
Addicts' Club
Join our Addicts' Club - our special way of saying thank you to all our customer "addicts" who have been wonderfully loyal in the 15 years since we started the store.
Spend a minimum $500 (that's a rough average of about 25 books!) on any non-sale or non-discounted items - books and toys (except Booksellers' New Zealand book tokens) - in the store between mid-November and mid-November the next year and we will then send you a voucher worth 10% of your total purchases to spend at any time.
We will also invite you to an Addicts' Club pre-Christmas shopping night where you may spend your voucher, enjoy the Christmas spirit with a drink and nibbles, and be in the draw to win parcels of superb books.
Ask to join next time you visit.
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