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Candler, Gillian,

From moa to dinosaurs : explore & discover ancient New Zealand / by Gillian Candler ; illustrated by Ned Barraud. - Nelson, New Zealand : Potton & Burton, 2016. - 36 pages; colour illustrations; 24 cm. - Explore & discover .

Travel back in time -- The changing land -- Around 1000 years ago -- The forest at night -- In the mountains -- All about moa -- Other extinct birds -- Survivors from the past -- Around 19 million years ago -- Animals of Lake Manuherikia -- The seas of Zealandia -- Ancient sea creatures -- Around 80 million years ago -- Dinosaurs and more -- Life on Gondwana -- Uncovering the sectres of the past.

"Go back in time to explore ancient forests, lakes and the seas around Zealandia, and discover unique survivors and long-extinct animals that once made this land their home: Dinosaurs of Gondwana and Zealandia ; Giant penguins and shark-toothed dolphins ; Crocodilian and turtle inhabitants of ancient lakes ; Moa, adzebill and other extinct birds ; Tuatara, wētā and bird survivors"-- Back cover.

Primary, intermediate National Library of New Zealand.

New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award - Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction Finalist, 2017.

ISBN: 9780947503093 (paperback) 9780947503109 (hardback) 0947503099 (paperback) 0947503102 (hardback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Paleontology--New Zealand --Juvenile literature.
Extinct animals--New Zealand --Juvenile literature.
Dinosaurs--New Zealand --Juvenile literature.
Extinct birds--New Zealand --Juvenile literature.
Dinosaurs--Juvenile literature.
Extinct animals--Juvenile literature.
Extinct birds.--Juvenile literature.
Paleontology--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.

Dewey Class. No.: 560.993