New Zealand's Endangered Dolphins

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From award-winning writer Maria Gill, and illustrator Marco Ivancic, comes New Zealand's Endangered Dolphins. The North Island New Zealand dolphin (Popoto or Maui dolphin) is the most endangered dolphin in the world. The South Island New Zealand dolphin (Pahu or Hector's dolphin) is the smallest dolphin on the planet. Readers will learn more about these playful, intelligent and beautiful mammals and how marine sanctuaries are helping to protect them.

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For the last twenty years, Maria Gill has visited schools throughout New Zealand sharing her 60+ books with children. In 2020, Storylines awarded Maria the Margaret Mahy Medal for services to children's literature. This is her seventh book with Marco Ivancic. Marco Ivancic is a freelance artist from Wellington, New Zealand. For the past nine years, he has illustrated seven books with Maria Gill. This includes the award winning 'ANZAC Heroes', which won the 2016 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults.