Grandad's Wheelies

When Jack visits his grandparents, there's no television to entertain him. No internet, no mobile phone, no tablets. In fact, there's no technology or modern distractions at all. But he still likes to visit, because Grandad and Granny tell him stories - each trying to outdo the other with a tale taller and wilder than the last.

Did you ever hear about the dragon of Waitemata harbour?

Or the bridge between the North and South islands?

Or why the Beehive is round in shape - and who REALLY made the Marlborough Sounds?

And then there's the pumpkin larger than a garden shed, and a wheelbarrow that converts into a boat for a seasick kangaroo. There are lost false teeth, eels and the ingenious invention of the world's first rotary clothesline helicopter...and a flying train that touches down at the station in Nelson.

Grandad's Wheelies is a hilarious, rollicking yarn that stitches together a picture of a New Zealand past that is somewhat surprising, but somehow not altogether unfamiliar.

Jack can't get enough of Grandad and Granny's stories - and you will love them too.