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Storylines Notable Picture Book 2020. This is the hardcover edition. This title is now out of print, so limited stocks.
Review
NZ Booklovers ~ It is a charming and informative story about how kiwi parents job-share and co-parent their chicks. The poetic rhyming text paired with Hunt’s expressive illustrations make this a book to treasure. It is a fabulous read-aloud, and one that informs and inspires. The spare text and simple short sentences make it a fun one to question readers too as the book slowly unfolds. It sparked imagination and wonder – what is Mr Kiwi’s important job? Why is Mrs Kiwi eating so much? What would happen is he was late? The book offers younger readers insights into the kiwi’s reproductive process, diet, habitat and behaviour of our national bird.
Meet the Kiwi creator
Heather Hunt is an illustrator and exhibiting artist who has spent her life learning about the world by drawing it. Her characters and the scenes they inhabit emerge out of a research process that involves observing, photographing, reading, writing, conversations and, above all, hundreds of drawings. Heather’s much-loved ‘Backyard Kiwi’ character is the face of one of New Zealand’s most successful kiwi recovery projects and inspired the work for her award-winning picture book, Kiwi, the real story (Storylines Notable Book Award, NZ Post Book Award finalist and winner of the Children’s Choice Award NF, LIANZA award finalist).
