Joe the Kakapo

Name: Joe the Kakapo
Brand: LZR & Associates Ltd
SKU: 9780473151324
Price: 20.0 NZD
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By Janet Martin

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Joe the Kakapo lives all on his own on an island way down south of New Zealand. One night, he went exploring and fell down a slippery track. Poor stranded Joe had broken his toe! Who will come and rescue him? A rhyming picture book. Read More

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Joe the Kakapo lives all on his own on an island way down south of New Zealand. One night he went exploring and fell down a slippery track. Poor stranded Joe had broken his toe! Who will come and rescue him? A rhyming picture book.

Description

Joe the Kakapo lives all on his own on an island way down south of New Zealand. One night, he went exploring and fell down a slippery track. Poor stranded Joe had broken his toe! Who will come and rescue him?

A rhyming picture book.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780473151324

Publisher: Jampot Productions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2009

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Jampot Productions

Illustration: colour illustrations

Contributors:

Illustrated by Ivar Treskon

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 24

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Janet Martin New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published

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