{"product_id":"baba-didi-and-the-godwits-fly-hardcover","title":"Baba Didi and the Godwits Fly - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicola Muir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnnie Hayward\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eHelen Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine. You're a bird, only fifteen inches long. You spend half the year on one side of the planet and then you fly to the other side for the rest. Round trip: eighteen thousand miles. On the way there you touch down in many different countries; you're just a passing visitor. And on the way back . . . there is \u003ci\u003enowhere\u003c\/i\u003e to stop. Just ocean for seven thousand miles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about two true fantastical flights; that of the godwits around and across the Pacific and a woman's emigration from Croatia to New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young girl and her grandmother, Baba Didi, are on a beach watching the godwits preparing to migrate. Talking about the birds's courageous journey across the Pacific resonates with generations of human migration, from the Maori reaching New Zealand to Baba Didi's journey from Croatia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with warmth and radiance this is an epic story told with charm. A tale of the resilience it takes just to get there when the going is rough and the road is long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA portion of the money from the sale of each book will be donated to UNICEF.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Muir\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, writer, and regular columnist for New Zealand newspaper the \u003ci\u003eNorthern Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Hayward\u003c\/b\u003e is an abstract and figurative painter. She exhibits widely and has been commissioned for many paintings in New Zealand and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is the former prime minister of New Zealand and is now head of the United Nations Development Programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNickie Muir (author) is a teacher, writer and regular columnist for New Zealand newspaper, Northern Advocate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie Hayward (illustrator) is an abstract and figurative painter. She exhibits widely and she has been commissioned for many in New Zealand and internationally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Clark (foreword author) is the former prime minister of New Zealand and is now head of the UN Development Programme.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 10.7 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770223329568,"sku":"9781780261300","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b7fc9ebf46bd36f02b63c1a70ead8c7.webp?v=1780367130","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/baba-didi-and-the-godwits-fly-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}