Author: Brown, Ben; Taylor, Helen (illustrator).
Title: Fifty-Five Feathers.
Description: Rosedale, NZ Penguin Group (NZ), 2008. 1st Puffin ed. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour drawings, some edgewear corners covers & few pages. Unnum 24 pp. This charming brightly coloured children's picture story is about a Pukeko who is concerned about her friend Gecko who is suffering the cold of winter. Wise Old Tree tells her to make him a cloak of fifty-five feathers, so she gathers feathers from kakapo's, sleeping kiwi's, kotuka's, takahe's, kea's, piwaiwaka's, kereru's, kokako's, huia's - and pukeko added a feather as well, and Gecko was grateful and much warmer thanks to all the birds. Included at the end, the author's and artist's story, and the story of the endangered Huia bird. This is a great book that has a wide age range because the colours will appeal to young children, and the easy-to-read text and counting of the feathers as they are gathered will keep older children busy. ISBN: 9780143503156

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