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Squawk!: Donovan Bixley's Forest Birds of Aotearoa
Bright birds, cheeky birds, masked birds, clever birds, warrior birds, shy birds, big birds, tiny birds and the world's most gigantic birds!
Find out what makes the feathered friends of Aotearoa so lovable in this charming book by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley. Includes moa, tui, kakapo, whio and so many more!
Find out what makes the feathered friends of Aotearoa so lovable in this charming book by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley. Includes moa, tui, kakapo, whio and so many more!
- GenresNonfictionChildrens
24 pages, Hardcover
Published March 28, 2023
2 people want to read
About the author
Donovan Bixley
99 books15 followersDonovan Bixley is an award-winning illustrator and book designer based in Taupo.
He has illustrated over 80 books across a broad range of genres, from his best-selling preschool books The Wheels on the Bus (2010) and Old MacDonald’s Farm (2011), to his wordless book about extreme climate change, The Weather Machine, his hybrid comic/novel Monkey Boy, and his illustrated biography Faithfully Mozart, which was a finalist in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
Donovan has also worked with top New Zealand authors: recreating Dashing Dog by New Zealand’s world famous Margaret Mahy; illustrating two of Barry Crump’s Pungapeople books, co-creating the internationally acclaimed Dinosaur Rescue series with Kyle Mewburn, and illustrating The Three Bears Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison, which won the coveted Children’s Choice Award at the 2014 NZ Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
When he’s not immersed in the world of picture books, Donovan plays guitar, piano and saxophone, and is front-man for Hot Tub, a 13 piece funk/jazz band. He has also been involved with the Taupo Theatre Company, both on stage and behind the scenes as a designer.
He has illustrated over 80 books across a broad range of genres, from his best-selling preschool books The Wheels on the Bus (2010) and Old MacDonald’s Farm (2011), to his wordless book about extreme climate change, The Weather Machine, his hybrid comic/novel Monkey Boy, and his illustrated biography Faithfully Mozart, which was a finalist in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
Donovan has also worked with top New Zealand authors: recreating Dashing Dog by New Zealand’s world famous Margaret Mahy; illustrating two of Barry Crump’s Pungapeople books, co-creating the internationally acclaimed Dinosaur Rescue series with Kyle Mewburn, and illustrating The Three Bears Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison, which won the coveted Children’s Choice Award at the 2014 NZ Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
When he’s not immersed in the world of picture books, Donovan plays guitar, piano and saxophone, and is front-man for Hot Tub, a 13 piece funk/jazz band. He has also been involved with the Taupo Theatre Company, both on stage and behind the scenes as a designer.
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June 30, 2022
Such a delightful book for younger children. Lively illustrations and text teach them about NZ birds, where they live and what they eat as well as their Māori name and folklore
August 22, 2022
Interesting and well laid out. The smaller size of the book makes it easy to handle.
February 26, 2025
Squawk!: Donovan Bixley's Forest Birds of Aotearoa
Donovan Bixley
Delightful! Such a cool book, excellent series. Informative and so hilarious too. Great work
"Just doing my job," says the kererū as it poops kahikatea seeds ****
Donovan Bixley
Delightful! Such a cool book, excellent series. Informative and so hilarious too. Great work
"Just doing my job," says the kererū as it poops kahikatea seeds ****
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