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Roarrr!

Donovan Bixley’s Ancient Creatures of Aotearoa
By Donovan Bixley
Series: Donovan Bixley's Aotearoa
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Join Donovan Bixley as he digs up the amazing creatures that called Aotearoa home long ago. Monstrous flyers, sharp-toothed divers, heavyweight parrots, armoured dinosaurs and New Zealand's living fossil! Delve into the fossils, geek out over bones, and be charmed by this series that uncovers astounding... Read More
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Roarrr!

Join Donovan Bixley as he digs up the amazing creatures that called Aotearoa home long ago.

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Join Donovan Bixley as he digs up the amazing creatures that called Aotearoa home long ago.

Monstrous flyers, sharp-toothed divers, heavyweight parrots, armoured dinosaurs and New Zealand's living fossil!

Delve into the fossils, geek out over bones, and be charmed by this series that uncovers astounding facts about Aotearoa.

From award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781869716998

Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 March 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Little Moa

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 218.0mm

Height: 221.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Donovan Bixley New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: Donovan Bixley's Aotearoa

About the Author

Donovan Bixley ONZM has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books in 31 countries and 18 languages, including te reo Maori. He has won awards for both his illustrating and writing and won the Children's Choice award in 2013. In 2021, he became an Officer of the Order of New Zealand. With over 100 books published, his unique style of illustration brings delight and joy to readers both young and old. He lives on the crater's edge of the greatest volcanic eruption in human history (also known as Lake Taupo, in New Zealand).

Music fills his spare time, alongside his wife and three daughters.

www.donovanbixley.com

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