Baba Didi and the Godwits Fly
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Written by Nicola Muir
Illustrated by Annie Hayward
A charmingly told story of the godwit’s epic migration, touching on waves of human migration on the way.
This is an illustrated story for children aimed at children aged 5-9. The godwits are an iconic bird species with a long bill migrate each year from New Zealand/Aotearoa through East Asia and the Pacific to the Alaskan Arctic regions. A girl and her grandmother are on a beach watching the godwits feeding and the story of the godwit’s epic migration is charmingly told, touching on waves of human migration on the way – of the Maori to Aotearoa as well as the grandmother’s own (Baba Didi is a migrant from Croatia).
The book has a foreword by Helen Clark, the former NZ prime minister who is now head of the UN Development Programme.
About the authors
Nicola Muir (author) is a teacher, writer and regular columnist for New Zealand newspaper, Northern Advocate.
Annie Hayward (illustrator) is an abstract and figurative painter. She exhibits widely and she has been commissioned for many in New Zealand and internationally.
| Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-78026-130-0 |
| Dimensions: | 270 mm x 200 mm |
| Page extent: | 32 |
| Publication date: | September 2013 |
Date added: January 22, 2013
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