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.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Dewey 598.7/1
Lexile 840L
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level T
Language English
Publisher Cherry Lake Publishing
Available Formats Reinforced book (9781534180475), Paperback (9781534182189), PDF (9781534181489), ePub (9781534185654), Hosted ebook (9781534183193), Kindle (9781534184565)
Copyright 2021
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 7 x 9
Graphics Full-color photographs, Historical photographs

Author: Joyce Markovics

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.

  • Peculiar Parrots
  • Meet a Kakapo
  • Face to Face
  • Flightless Wonder
  • A Long History
  • Near Extinction
  • Meeting Up
  • Male Calls
  • Fluffy Chicks
  • Kakapo Recovery
  • Saving a Species
  • Work to Do
  • Fast Facts: Kakapos
  • Glossary
  • Read More
  • Learn More Online
  • Index
  • About the Author
Author/Illustrator biography
Glossary of key words
Index
Informative sidebars
Table of contents
Full-color photographs, Historical photographs