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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour) ;26 cm

Cover subtitle: the almost true story of an Auckland bird family.

Picture story book for children.

Uses a story format to convey factual information about the physical characteristics, behaviour and habitat of the New Zealand dotterel. Story is interspersed with factual information about geographical locations around Auckland where dotterel's can be found nesting.

'Inspired by the actual event of a small group of the endangered New Zealand Dotterel holding up the building of a bus way by the Auckland Harbour Bridge's northern motorway, the story takes a young pair of birds around the landmarks of Auckland until they arrive at Shoal Bay. The reasons why they fail to nest at these other sites are the reasons why the birds are endangered'--Publisher information.
lower age: 0