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Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot

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On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful birds-the largest and most unusual parrots on earth-have suffered devastating population loss.

Now, on an island refuge with the last of the species, New Zealand's National Kakapo Recovery Team is working to restore the kakapo... More
Book Information
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages80
ISBN-100618494170
ISBN-13978-0618494170
Publication Date05/24/2010
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About Sy Montgomery (Author) : Sy Montgomery is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Sy Montgomery include The Man-eating Tigers of Sundarbans, THE TARANTULA SCIENTIST (Scientists in the Field), ... more
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About Nic Bishop (Illustrator) : Nic Bishop is a published author, illustrator, and a photographer of children's books. Some of the published credits of Nic Bishop include The Mysterious Universe HC: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Blac... more
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