Saturday, 31 October 2026

October Kiwi Kids Books: Day 31.

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens you learned about during this challenge

Alice and the strange bird.

Written and illustrated by Isaac Du Toit.

Isaac du Toit, 2025.

In 1880, seven-year-old Alice McKenzie saw and interacted with a strange bird on the beach at Martins Bay, an isolated part of New Zealand's South Island. What did she see? Some well-known New Zealanders believed that Alice may have been one of the last people to have seen a moa.

Shared by Katie Furze.

Assemblage and collage.

Fascinating story – and one I hadn’t heard of before!


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