This is a lovely and accessible picture book detailing the godwit's early life and first 11,700-mile migration from Alaska to New Zealand. The book inThis is a lovely and accessible picture book detailing the godwit's early life and first 11,700-mile migration from Alaska to New Zealand. The book includes a short bibliography of print and internet follow-up books. The author also explains what the flight of godwits means to her: the arrival of spring in New Zealand, where she lives. In Christchurch, crowds celebrate both the arrival and leaving of these marvelous birds....more