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 / story by Philip Temple ; illustrated by Chris Gaskin.

By:

Temple, Philip, 1939-

Contributor(s):

Gaskin, Chris

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Dunedin, N.Z. : Longcare Press, 2000.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

187713533X (pbk.) :

Other title:

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

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

NZ823.2 21

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 398.2 TEM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25041204

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.