Kakapos

by Joyce Markovics

Overview

This high-interest narrative nonfiction title introduces young readers to kakapos—rare flightless parrots that live in New Zealand—and an amazing scientist who studies them. This book is packed with exciting wildlife encounters, basic facts about kakapos, and first-hand accounts from a scientist at work in the field. Each book includes a table of contents, sidebars, glossary of key words, fast facts, index, and author biography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534182189
Publisher:	Cherry Lake Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Series:	On the Trail: Study of Secretive Animals
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	9 - 10 Years

About the Author

Joyce Markovics has written more than 500 nonfiction children's books (or at least two giraffe-sized stacks) on topics ranging from killer plants and marvelous mummies to protest marches and Black filmmakers. She recently started her own book development company, Bowerbird Books. Joyce is passionate about telling stories that captivate and inspire young readers. In her free time, she cleans old gravestones, collects oddities, and volunteers at an animal sanctuary.

Table of Contents

Peculiar Parrots 4

Meet a Kakapo 6

Face-to-Face 8

Flightless Wonder 10

A Long History 12

Near Extinction 14

Meeting Up 16

Male Calls 18

Fluffy Chicks 20

Kakapo Recovery 22

Saving a Species 24

Work to Do 26

Fast Facts: Kakapos 28

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Learn More Online 31

Index 32

About the Author 32