Montgomery, Sy. <br/><br/>
Kakapo rescue :  saving the world's strangest parrot / 
text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,  2010. 
 - 74 p. :  col. ill., col. maps ;  25 x 29 cm. 
 - Scientists in the field .
 - Scientists in the field. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 73) and index. 
<br/><br/> Book Links (A.L.A.)  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)  School Library Journal starred  Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011  Booklist starred, April 2010  Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2010  Horn Book Starred, July 2010  Horn Book, October 2010  Kirkus Starred, April 2010  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011  School Library Journal starred, June 2010  The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), January 2011 
<br/><br/> Provides an introduction to the kakapo parrot, a flightless bird found on Codfish Island off the coast of New Zealand, and looks at how the country's National Kakapo Recovery Team is working to save the kakapos, whose population numbers less than one hundred. 
<br/><br/> 6.6  Follett Library Resources  3-6  3-6  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/> Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2011 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0329859579 0618494170 9780329859572 (Follett bdg.) 9780618494170 (trade) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009045250 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kakapo--Juvenile literature.<br/>Kakapo--Conservation--Juvenile literature.<br/>Kakapo.<br/>Kakapos.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL696.P7  / M79 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>639.9/7871