Meg A Feather and The Forest Games
by Mike Banks and Kaye Fox
ISBN 9780646469652
Meg A. Feather is one feisty, spunky kiwi chick. She’s just cycled around New Zealand on a bike made out of number 8 wire, and now she’s saving the annual Forest Games from the dastardly deeds of stoats, weasels, rats, possums, cats and ferrets. And what an adventure it is, full of commotion, some kerfuffle and it’s really higgledy-piggledy.
The Great Committee meeting is convened to organise the Games. It soon becomes a Bored Meeting.
The Pigeon Sisters have flown in for a slice of the action, for a special ‘One Night Only’ performance.
All the Press and TV crews are at the games and some of the games get quite rough. As with all good stories, there are goodies and baddies, and comeuppances for the dastardly deeds of the biggest villain.
“A kiwi classic – once in our beaks, we wouldn’t put it down” (The Knightly Kiwi)
“This is the best book my Dad’s ever read to me. He’s the 100-beak backstroke champion too” (Kevin Kiwi’s son)
“Move over Winnie-the-Pooh, Meg’s coming through… on her bike” (Kiwi chick)
“This book’s got my hoot!” (Millicent Morepork, grandmother of 27 grandchicks)
A desire to help the plight of the Kiwi in New Zealand resulted in a great little children’s book full of beautiful original watercolour paintings for you to enjoy.
This book is dedicated to Snoopy, a very special one-legged kiwi and his mate Sparky (photo, also with one leg) at The Native Bird Recovery Centre, Whangarei, and the tireless efforts of his guardian, Robert and Robyn Webb.
- Meg looks up at the Forest Ranger
- Meg has cycled round New Zealand drumming up support
- The Bored Meeting
- The Forest
- Going to the Games
- There’s a buzzzz in the air
- The Pigeon Sisters fly in for a piece of the action.
- Snails hold up traffic
- Kakapo bumps into a Tuatara
- The Opening Parade
- The Wreath arrives. Let the Games Begin
- The Cricket High Jump
- Stoat tries to disrupt The Games
- The Zigzag
- The Pukeko Walk
- The famous Tumbledown
- The Backstroke
- Horse Jumping, The Butterfly and Ant Weightlifting
- The Frog High Dive
- Forest Aid tent & The Karate
- The Stoat is arrested and thrown in Jail
- The After Party
- Meg’s Pad
- Meg & Snoopy leave to go on holiday
- The End
- lord longbeak-swallow reads The Games news
I Grow in Grandad’s Garden by Brian Andrew
ISBN 9780980503807 (pbk.)

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