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When the Cassowary Pooped, A Tale of New Guinea

September 21st, 2009

A delightful and intriguing story introducing the shy Cassowary, one of the world's largest endangered birds whose feeding habits help create tropical rain forests for some of the world's oldest, most unusual and most endangered animals. Written in appealing poetic form for children aged 4 to 8 by Tamara Montgomery, with a short post-story section on animals by Jodi Parry Belknap, it is beautifully illustrated by Joseph D. Dodd.

As Cassowary treks through the uplands in New Guinea he dines on colorful fruit—red rambuta [...]
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