Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi
Condition: SECONDHAND
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This is the true story of the remarkable team effort to save a kiwi that lost its leg. The fictional narrator of the story is a schoolboy who is doing a project on kiwi. This is very much a multi-layered story with the tale of the kiwi running alongside the story of the boy and his attempts to impress his teacher. As well as those stories, great factual details about kiwi appear in the boy's notebook on every spread. Weta Workshop, the Artificial Limb Centre and Wellington Zoo all joined forces to provide this kiwi with an artificial leg. This is a truly amazing conservation story. WINNER OF NZ POST PICTURE BOOK AWARD 2008
Author: Melanie Drewery
Format: Hardback, 24 pages, 232mm x 269mm, 406 g
Published: 2007, Random House New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand
Genre: Picture Books
Description
This is the true story of the remarkable team effort to save a kiwi that lost its leg. The fictional narrator of the story is a schoolboy who is doing a project on kiwi. This is very much a multi-layered story with the tale of the kiwi running alongside the story of the boy and his attempts to impress his teacher. As well as those stories, great factual details about kiwi appear in the boy's notebook on every spread. Weta Workshop, the Artificial Limb Centre and Wellington Zoo all joined forces to provide this kiwi with an artificial leg. This is a truly amazing conservation story. WINNER OF NZ POST PICTURE BOOK AWARD 2008
Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi