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From moa to dinosaurs : explore & discover ancient New Zealand / by Gillian Candler ; illustrated by Ned Barraud.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Explore & discoverPublication details: Nelson, New Zealand : Potton & Burton, 2016. Description: 36 pages; colour illustrations; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780947503093 (paperback)
  • 9780947503109 (hardback)
  • 0947503099 (paperback)
  • 0947503102 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 560.993 23
Contents:
Travel back in time -- The changing land -- Around 1000 years ago -- The forest at night -- In the mountains -- All about moa -- Other extinct birds -- Survivors from the past -- Around 19 million years ago -- Animals of Lake Manuherikia -- The seas of Zealandia -- Ancient sea creatures -- Around 80 million years ago -- Dinosaurs and more -- Life on Gondwana -- Uncovering the sectres of the past.
Awards:
  • New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award - Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction Finalist, 2017.
Summary: "Go back in time to explore ancient forests, lakes and the seas around Zealandia, and discover unique survivors and long-extinct animals that once made this land their home: Dinosaurs of Gondwana and Zealandia ; Giant penguins and shark-toothed dolphins ; Crocodilian and turtle inhabitants of ancient lakes ; Moa, adzebill and other extinct birds ; Tuatara, wētā and bird survivors"-- Back cover.
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Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 560.993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A0076789X

Travel back in time -- The changing land -- Around 1000 years ago -- The forest at night -- In the mountains -- All about moa -- Other extinct birds -- Survivors from the past -- Around 19 million years ago -- Animals of Lake Manuherikia -- The seas of Zealandia -- Ancient sea creatures -- Around 80 million years ago -- Dinosaurs and more -- Life on Gondwana -- Uncovering the sectres of the past.

"Go back in time to explore ancient forests, lakes and the seas around Zealandia, and discover unique survivors and long-extinct animals that once made this land their home: Dinosaurs of Gondwana and Zealandia ; Giant penguins and shark-toothed dolphins ; Crocodilian and turtle inhabitants of ancient lakes ; Moa, adzebill and other extinct birds ; Tuatara, wētā and bird survivors"-- Back cover.

Primary, intermediate National Library of New Zealand.

New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award - Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction Finalist, 2017.

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