The Story of the Kakapo

Description

The story of male Kakapo from Stewart Island, New Zealand. Cold, windswept Stewart Island, off the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island, was the last natural home of the very rare kakapo, the parrot of the night - a large, flightless, nocturnal native bird that once lived in forests throughout New Zealand. It is found nowhere else in the world. The Story of the Kakapo is the story of one male kakapo that lived on Stewart Island - Kairaki. It tells of how, as a chick, Kairaki managed to escape from a wild cat, found a new home for himself, slowly learned to find a mate, and how finally he flew to the safety of a new home. Engagingly narrated, beautifully illustrated by Chris Gaskin, and complemented by ornithological notes corresponding to each illustration, is a fascinating, and poignant, New Zealand wildlife story.

Author description

Philip Temple has been described as the most versatile writer in NZ. He has written eight novels, some of which have been published overseas and he has won awards both here and elsewhere for his children's books, historical biographies and TV documentaries. He has also published photographic books, political works and walking track guides. Among various fellowships, Philip Temple has been the Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago, Katherine Mansfield Fellow at Menton and held the Creative NZ Berlin Writers Residency. In 2005 he was given a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781877135347
• Publisher : Longacre Press
• Imprint : Longacre Press
• Publication date : December 1999
• Dimensions : 250mm X 188mm
• Produced in : New Zealand
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : illustrations
• Pages : 32
• Reading age : 6-10
• Dewey classification : 823
• Illustrator : Chris Gaskin
• Edition : New edition
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Philip Temple