The legend of the kea, or, How Krikta stole the best beak and best claws from Ka, the great bird of all birds, and took the keas to live in the highest mountains /
Temple, Philip, 1939-
The legend of the kea, or, How Krikta stole the best beak and best claws from Ka, the great bird of all birds, and took the keas to live in the highest mountains / How Krikta stole the best beak and best claws from Ka, the great bird of all birds, and took the keas to live in the highest mountains story by Philip Temple ; illustrated by Chris Gaskin. - Dunedin, N.Z. : Longcare Press, 2000. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
First published: Auckland, N.Z. : Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. Picture story book for children.
Krikta the kea and his friends are always playing practical jokes on the other birds. But one day, some of the birds become greedy and want the forest for themselves. So begins the terrible time of quarrelling that threatens the forest. Ka, the great bird and keeper of the forest, is angry with the birds and punishes them. Krikta, the mischievous kea, finds he has been too cheeky for his own good.
187713533X (pbk.) : $14.95
Parrots--Juvenile fiction.
Birds--New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
NZ823.2
The legend of the kea, or, How Krikta stole the best beak and best claws from Ka, the great bird of all birds, and took the keas to live in the highest mountains / How Krikta stole the best beak and best claws from Ka, the great bird of all birds, and took the keas to live in the highest mountains story by Philip Temple ; illustrated by Chris Gaskin. - Dunedin, N.Z. : Longcare Press, 2000. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
First published: Auckland, N.Z. : Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. Picture story book for children.
Krikta the kea and his friends are always playing practical jokes on the other birds. But one day, some of the birds become greedy and want the forest for themselves. So begins the terrible time of quarrelling that threatens the forest. Ka, the great bird and keeper of the forest, is angry with the birds and punishes them. Krikta, the mischievous kea, finds he has been too cheeky for his own good.
187713533X (pbk.) : $14.95
Parrots--Juvenile fiction.
Birds--New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
NZ823.2