Title Kakapo rescue : saving the world's strangest parrot / text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop.

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Call No.	CH/YA 639.97871 Montgo Kak 2010
Location	Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA 639.97871 Montgo Kak 2010	Available	---

Description	74 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
	age Children
Series	Scientists in the field
	Scientists in the field.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 73) and index.
Summary	On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Awards	Robert F. Sibert Medal, 2011
	Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2011
Subject	Kakapo -- Juvenile literature.
	Kakapo.
	Kakapo -- Conservation -- Juvenile literature.
	Parrots -- New Zealand -- Juvenile literature.
	Parrots.
	New Zealand.
Genre/Form	Picture books.
	Picture books.
Added Author	Bishop, Nic, 1955- photographer.
Added Title	Saving the world's strangest parrot
Other Form:	Online version: Montgomery, Sy. Kakapo rescue. Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010 (OCoLC)734927685
ISBN	9780618494170
	0618494170