Name: Three Kiwi Tales
Brand: Massey University Press
SKU: 9780995100145
Price: 18.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Three Kiwi Tales

More fabulous fix-it stories from Wildbase Hospital

By (author): Janet Hunt

Published by Massey University Press

In Stock

£18.99

Published: 07-Nov-2019
ISBN: 9780995100145

Paperback
48 Pages
75 illus

Subjects:
Wildlife (Children's / Teenage)

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Three more endearing stories of helping New Zealand wildlife from the case files of Wildbase Hospital. Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North is a very special hospital for very special animals, and in this follow-up to the hugely successful How to Mend a Kea, author Janet Hunt focuses on the tales of three kiwi who have been treated there. The stories are fascinating and touching accounts of their different experiences at Wildbase, and the innovative approaches to their treatment and rehabilitation that were needed to ensure their eventual return to the wild. Linked to the wider issues of kiwi conservation, these tales introduce readers to the challenges and triumphs of caring for New Zealands unique national icon. Wonderful photos, a lively text and an engaging design all combine to make this a superb book.

Janet Hunt is one of New Zealands best known natural history writers, for adults and children. A former teacher, she lives in Taranaki, and is the chair of the Northern Taranaki Branch of Forest & Bird. Some of her books include: A Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe (2003), which won Book of the Year and Best in Non-Fiction at the 2004 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and the Elsie Locke Award at the LIANZA Childrens Book Awards in 2004; From Weta to Kauri: A Guide to the New Zealand Forest (2004), which was a finalist in the 2005 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and was listed as a 2005 Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book; Wetlands of New Zealand: A Bitter-sweet Story (2007), which won the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction at the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards; E3 Call Home, a true story of godwit migration and misadventure, which was listed as a 2010 Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book and was a finalist in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults; Paradise Saved: The Remarkable Story of New Zealands Wildlife Sanctuaries and How They Are Stemming the Tide of Extinction (2014) with Dave Butler and Tony Lindsay; and Our Big Blue Backyard: New Zealands Oceans and Marine Reserves (2014).