Kakapo rescue : saving the world's strangest parrot

The Resource Kakapo rescue : saving the world's strangest parrot
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Kakapo rescue : saving the world's strangest parrot
Title remainder
saving the world's strangest parrot
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text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
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eng
Summary
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population
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Award
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2011.
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
639.9/7871
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
QL696.P7
LC item number
M79 2010
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950
Literary form
non fiction
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  • 5
  • 8
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Scientists in the field
Target audience
juvenile
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saving the worlds strangest parrot
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