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Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot


Series
Scientists in the Field

by
Sy Montgomery
photographs by
Nic Bishop

Edition
-
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Imprint
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN
9780618494170

Awards and Honors
2011 Sibert Award; 2011 ALA Notable Children’s Books, Middle Readers; 2011 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended; 2011 Top 10 Books for Youth, Environment; Booklist 2010 Editor’s Choice, Books for Youth, Nonfiction, Middle Readers; Booklist Lasting Connections of 2010, Science; Booklist 2010 Top 10 Books for Youth, Sci-Tech; Horn Book ; Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: 2011Fanfare, Best Books of 2010, Nonfiction; Kirkus Reviews 2010 Best Children’s Books; BCCB Blue Ribbon 2010, Nonfiction
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When Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop arrived at Codfish Island, a remote island off New Zealand, eighty-six known kakapo remained in the world. But thanks to a dedicated team of scientists and volunteers working to save these unusual birds, within a few months after Montgomery and Bishop's visit, the kakapo population had risen to ninety-one. Postscript. Information on how to donate to the scientists' efforts. Selected bibliography. Index. Illustrated map and full-color photographs.

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Details

Format

Print

Page Count

80

Trim Size

11" x 9"

Dewey

639.9/7871

AR

6.4: points 3

Lexile

950L

Genre

Nonfiction

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Aug 2010

Book Genres


Topics

Kakapo. Kakapo conservation. Codfish Island, New Zealand. Richard Henry, New Zealand bird conservationist. Endangered species. Conservation.

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Praise & Reviews

Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books*, Booklist*, The Horn Book Magazine*, The Horn Book Guide^, Kirkus Reviews*, School Library Journal*

Junior Library Guild


• Readers will enjoy learning about the extremely rare kakapo and such endearing qualities as its honey-scented feathers and ability to “ching” like a cash register.
• Sy Montgomery’s narrative is filled with personal observations of what it was like to travel to Codfish Island and work as a volunteer to help support the kakapo population.
• The story of the kakapo is a lesson in how difficult it is to save an endangered animal and how important it is to protect a species before its population reaches a critical low. Readers are likely to come away from the book caring about the bird not only for its unique characteristics but also because of the scientists’ and volunteers’ extraordinary efforts.
• In stunning photographs, Nic Bishop captures moments that most people will never get to see in person, such as the hatching of a baby kakapo. Landscape shots give a sense of the terrain.

Horn Book

Montgomery and Bishop trek to Codfish Island off New Zealand's coast to bring us a marvelous account of the efforts of naturalists to save the kakapo. Montgomery's in-depth descriptions and Bishop's glorious photographs cover all aspects of the conservation effort. Layered into the account is information on New Zealand's history, its unique biodiversity, and the devastating consequences of human settlement on its fragile ecosystem. Bib., ind.

Praise & Reviews

Junior Library Guild


• Readers will enjoy learning about the extremely rare kakapo and such endearing qualities as its honey-scented feathers and ability to “ching” like a cash register.
• Sy Montgomery’s narrative is filled with personal observations of what it was like to travel to Codfish Island and work as a volunteer to help support the kakapo population.
• The story of the kakapo is a lesson in how difficult it is to save an endangered animal and how important it is to protect a species before its population reaches a critical low. Readers are likely to come away from the book caring about the bird not only for its unique characteristics but also because of the scientists’ and volunteers’ extraordinary efforts.
• In stunning photographs, Nic Bishop captures moments that most people will never get to see in person, such as the hatching of a baby kakapo. Landscape shots give a sense of the terrain.

Horn Book

Montgomery and Bishop trek to Codfish Island off New Zealand's coast to bring us a marvelous account of the efforts of naturalists to save the kakapo. Montgomery's in-depth descriptions and Bishop's glorious photographs cover all aspects of the conservation effort. Layered into the account is information on New Zealand's history, its unique biodiversity, and the devastating consequences of human settlement on its fragile ecosystem. Bib., ind.

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