Readers who enjoyed this author/photographer team’s The Tarantula Scientist (2007) or Quest for the Tree Kangaroo (2006, both Houghton) will gobble up this tribute to ecological science in action." - School Library Journal, starred review Aha! A kakapo!.Excellent photos and a readable, conversational text provide an intimate look at a concerted effort to save a drastically endangered species unfamiliar to most of the world outside Down Under. Make it nocturnal, and have it nest underground. Give it sumo proportions and take away its power of flight. Give it soft, fluffy feathers, and whiskers. Young readers will be fascinated."- Booklist, starred review"Take a parrot. "Montgomery’s delight in her subject is contagious, and throughout her enthusiastic text, she nimbly blends scientific and historical facts with immediate, sensory descriptions of fieldwork. Bibliography and a website encourage readers' further explorations. The book's careful design is unobtrusive: The progress of an opening egg sets off page numbers, and fern patterns provide a subtle decoration.
"Under the careful supervision of forest rangers and volunteers on an island off the New Zealand coast, the nearly extinct, flightless Kakapo parrot is the object of an intensive rescue effort described by this experienced writer-photographer team.As always, the photographer's remarkable and clearly reproduced photographs support and enhance the text. ICLE (International Center for Leadership in Education)Ĭustomer Service & Technical Support Portal
Into Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, 8-12 Highly recommended! Strong 6th grade readers and up.Science & Engineering Leveled Readers, K-5 Nic Bishop's photographs are incredible, whether he's showing readers the landscapes and beaches of the island or details of the tiniest chicks hatching from eggs. This is the story of the special process required to go to Codfish Island, and how the scientists and volunteers there are tracking the birds and learning about their habits and needs. All of those animals (and a few more) decided the kakapo parrots were much easier prey! The National Kakapo Recovery team rescued the last remaining birds, and isolated them on a remote island scientific preserve devoted to restoring the bird population to a sustainable level. Men brought germs and rodents on ships, and then brought cats and dogs to hunt the rats. Flightless, nesting underground, social and odd, this native New Zealand bird species lost everything when civilization arrived. This is the Kakapo parrot of New Zealand, which is on the brink of extinction. the size of a house cat! Make it smell like honey, give it lots of curiousity, and listen to it growl, croak and make a chinking noise like a cash register for up to 70 years.
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