The Ugly Hatchling

Description

A greedy stoat thinks his luck's in when he finds himself a nice big kiwi egg ...but in his haste to get away he stumbles and the egg rolls into a pukeko's nest. In this humourous Kiwi version of The Ugly Duckling, the young kiwi that hatches doesn't understand why he looks different, and why, when he want to gallivant around at night, all the pukekos want to sleep! Then, on one of his night-time jaunts, he wanders into a farmhouse - and is amazed to find his image all over the place!

Yvonne Morrison is the best-selling author of A Kiwi Night Before Christmas and several other Scholastic titles. Yvonne and her husband recently moved back to Napier after a time living in Auckland where they had been training as zoo keepers. Dave Gunson is a highly experienced illustrator of a wide range of titles including the popular Wildlife Stuff, Mr Muggs the Library Cat and Pandora's Potato Romp, among many others.