Finalist AIM Children's Book Award (1995) This is the new re-written edition of the best-selling NZ classic Which Native Fern? now includes comprehensive ecological information on the fern and its environment.

A New Zealand classic; over 50,000 copies sold.

Winner LIANZA (Elsie Locke) Book Award 2003 Finalist NZPost Children's Book Awards 2003 Finalist Montana Book Awards 2003 Storylines Notable Book Award 2003 - Children's Literature Foundation of NZ 'your helpful book is ever present in my hand...' writes New Zealand entomologist Hugh Oliver (2014). New Zealand's most comprehensive photographic field guide for identifying NZ insects.

Winner AIM Children's Book Awards (1995) A simple guide to the identification of New Zealand native forest shrubs, climbers and flowers. Find a typical leaf and use the unique identification keys to name the plant.

First edition

1996 Finalist NZLIA Book Awards

Winner NZPost Children's Book Awards 2008 Storylines Notable Book Award 2008 - Children's Literature Foundation of NZ