Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
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By: Sy Montgomery
Photographs by: Nic Bishop
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Copyright Date: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-618-49417-0
Genre: Informational Book
Format: Non-Fiction
Major Awards Received:
Cybil Award, 2010 Finalist United States
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 2011 Recommended United States
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2011 Winner United States
SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science, 2011 Finalist Middle Grades Science Books United States
Summary: This book informs you about the fight to help save the parrot called the Kakapo. The only place on Earth the Kakapo lives is on a small island off of the coast of New Zealand called Codfish Island. Nic Bishop, the photographer's 2 1/2 year dream was to photograph the Kakapo and chronicle it's life in order to avoid it's extinction. Although the time he had was limited, Nic was able to establish an awareness for the need to keep this animal in existence.
Personal response: This book started with a map of where the Kakapo lives on Codfish Island, so students would have this in mind as they started to read the story. The story is written so it is easy to understand and filled with pictures of how they were able to explore the Island in search of the Kakapo. There were so many details included with the explanations that you were able to relate the pictures with the story. One of my favorite pictures is on page 71 and it shows how the Kakapo so easily blends in with the ferns showing how hard they are to discover.
Classroom connections: This book could be used in a variety of different ways. Before reading the book, I feel it is important for students to understand where this bird lives. I would start by showing the map on page 1 and then relating this to a globe so students have an understanding where they are in relation to where we live. I would also go to the website http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=15&Itemid=244, which has a recording of the Kakapo. So the students have some knowledge about the content of the book, I would ask the students if they knew how to define extinct, camouflage, and recovery. After reading the story, I would make connections to conservation, extinction, and awareness. The website also offers a journal of activity since the book was published.
Photographs by: Nic Bishop
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Copyright Date: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-618-49417-0
Genre: Informational Book
Format: Non-Fiction
Major Awards Received:
Cybil Award, 2010 Finalist United States
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 2011 Recommended United States
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2011 Winner United States
SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science, 2011 Finalist Middle Grades Science Books United States
Summary: This book informs you about the fight to help save the parrot called the Kakapo. The only place on Earth the Kakapo lives is on a small island off of the coast of New Zealand called Codfish Island. Nic Bishop, the photographer's 2 1/2 year dream was to photograph the Kakapo and chronicle it's life in order to avoid it's extinction. Although the time he had was limited, Nic was able to establish an awareness for the need to keep this animal in existence.
Personal response: This book started with a map of where the Kakapo lives on Codfish Island, so students would have this in mind as they started to read the story. The story is written so it is easy to understand and filled with pictures of how they were able to explore the Island in search of the Kakapo. There were so many details included with the explanations that you were able to relate the pictures with the story. One of my favorite pictures is on page 71 and it shows how the Kakapo so easily blends in with the ferns showing how hard they are to discover.
Classroom connections: This book could be used in a variety of different ways. Before reading the book, I feel it is important for students to understand where this bird lives. I would start by showing the map on page 1 and then relating this to a globe so students have an understanding where they are in relation to where we live. I would also go to the website http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=15&Itemid=244, which has a recording of the Kakapo. So the students have some knowledge about the content of the book, I would ask the students if they knew how to define extinct, camouflage, and recovery. After reading the story, I would make connections to conservation, extinction, and awareness. The website also offers a journal of activity since the book was published.