Barbara's Kids' Books

Thirty exciting, action-packed stories in which children meet challenges.

Illustrated by Philip Webb.

Random House (NZ) 2007

Twenty stories for teenagers, including work by such popular writers as Carl Nixon, David Hill and Bridget Lowry.

A Children's Literature Foundation Notable Book for 2006.

Random House (NZ) 2005

Thirty more stories, this time with a historical theme.

Illustrated by Philip Webb.

Random House (NZ) 2006

Secrets, disasters and adventures: 30 stories in which hich children get up to all kinds of shenanigans.

Illustrated by Philip Webb.

Random House (NZ) 2005

Claws or jaws, fins or feathers, fur or fangs. Thirty entertaining stories about animals of all shapes and sizes.

Illustrated by Philip Webb.

A Children's Literature Foundation Notable Book for 2005.

Random House (NZ) 2004

Thirty great stories on fantastical themes from the two-headed boy with the three-headed dad to a witch's phone book.

Illustrated by Philip Webb.

Random House (NZ) 2003

Funny and sad, magical and touching. 30 beautifully written stories by New Zealand's top children's writers. Edited by Barbara and illustrated by David Elliot.

Random House (NZ) 2002

A children's chapter book, 7-10 years. No problem is too large, too small or too diffcult for the redoubtable Ms Winsley who even manages to make the dull town of Greyvale into a colourful and exciting place.

Random House (NZ) 1999

A children's novel, 8-12 years. Lindsey's parents are having problems and she is sent to stay with her Auntie Jen. When she meets a mysterious, cat-like creature which has somehow got separated from its own, alien, world she begins to see that she is not alone in her difficulties and that adults do not always behave in a very grown-up way.

Harper Collins 1997