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Feathered Friends

By Donovan Bixley
Series: Piwakawaka People
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Donovan Bixley bridges young people out of picture books with the first in this charming series about a family of little people living next to a Pฤ on the coast of Aotearoa in the mid-1800s. When you are small enough to fly around on the back... Read More
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Donovan Bixley bridges young people out of picture books with the first in this charming series about a family of little people living next to a Pฤ on the coast of Aotearoa in the mid-1800s.

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Donovan Bixley bridges young people out of picture books with the first in this charming series about a family of little people living next to a Pฤ on the coast of Aotearoa in the mid-1800s. When you are small enough to fly around on the back of a Piwakawaka the bush holds many charms and many dangers. As more and more immigrant big people arrive into the same area as the local Mฤori big people, the world for Hana and all those around her is changing rapidly.

Series: Piwakawaka People

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    Feathered Friends
    Donovan Bixley bridges young people out of picture books with the first in this charming series about a family of little people living next to a Pฤ on the coast of Aotearoa in the mid-1800s. When you are small enough to fly around on the back of a Piwakawaka the bush holds many charms and many dangers. As more and...
    By Donovan Bixley
    Paperback
    $2299
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    $2499
    Pre-order
    Out 5 Nov 2026

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781776941056

Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Upstart Press Ltd

Illustration: Colour illustrations througout

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Donovan has illustrated more than 130 books, published in 31 countries, translated into 19 languages, and has been awarded as both a writer and illustrator.ย He won the 2018 Tatoulo childrenโ€™s choice award in France for his junior fiction seriesย Flying Furballs book 1 Dogfight. In 2017 he was the recipient of the New Zealand Arts Foundation Mallinson Rendel Laureate Award, for lifetime achievement as an illustrator. He is a two time recipient of the International Youth Library's White Raven Award (listing the top 200 children's books in the world). He has won the top prize for junior fiction at the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. His illustrated biographies Much Ado About Shakespeare and A Portrait of Leonardo both won the Russell Clark Illustration Award for best illustration at the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to childrenโ€™s literature.

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