Perky the Pukeko
Written by Michelle Osment
Illustrated by Sunset
Publisher: Little Friends Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 978-0-476-00934-9
Summary/Back cover:
A delightful rhyming story about belonging
This book is a New Zealand written and published book, which makes it just a little bit more worthy in my eyes, being a NZ mother to two NZ children! There are four books in the Perky series - Perky the Pukeko, Perky by the Roadside, Perky and his Chicks, and Perky and the Possum Trap - we own all of those except the last one (which is on my list of books to buy one day!). Each of the books reads beautifully by itself, but together they follow Perky's whole life.
The theme to Perky the Pukeko is much like the Ugly Duckling - he's not like the other birds (in this case, chickens), and is seen as an outsider. Perky eventually finds a place where he belongs though, and the story finishes on a happy note (as all children's books should!).
This is a rhyming book, which makes it very easy to read aloud to your children, and in each book there is a couple of uniquely New Zealand words in there to teach your children (in this one, Pukeko - which has become a talking point when we see them on the roadside now, and Kumara - which is a well known vegetable in our house anyway).
My rating: 4 out of 5. A lovely wee feel-good book that's got NZ stamped all over it!
Review written by Bronwyn
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