{"product_id":"baba-didi-and-the-godwits-fly-9781780261300","title":"Baba Didi and the Godwits Fly","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine. You're a bird, only fifteen inches long. You spend half the year on one side of the planet and then you fly to the other side for the rest. Round trip: eighteen thousand miles. On the way there you touch down in many different countries; you're just a passing visitor. And on the way back . . . there is \u003ci\u003enowhere\u003c\/i\u003e to stop. Just ocean for seven thousand miles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about two true fantastical flights; that of the godwits around and across the Pacific and a woman's emigration from Croatia to New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young girl and her grandmother, Baba Didi, are on a beach watching the godwits preparing to migrate. Talking about the birds's courageous journey across the Pacific resonates with generations of human migration, from the Maori reaching New Zealand to Baba Didi's journey from Croatia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with warmth and radiance this is an epic story told with charm. A tale of the resilience it takes just to get there when the going is rough and the road is long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA portion of the money from the sale of each book will be donated to UNICEF.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Muir\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, writer, and regular columnist for New Zealand newspaper the \u003ci\u003eNorthern Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Hayward\u003c\/b\u003e is an abstract and figurative painter. She exhibits widely and has been commissioned for many paintings in New Zealand and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is the former prime minister of New Zealand and is now head of the United Nations Development Programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Internationalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780261300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 8.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicola Muir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291222474933,"sku":"9781780261300","price":7.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_12314777-1b55-4ac6-848a-3df40aea1095.jpg?v=1700542605","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/baba-didi-and-the-godwits-fly-9781780261300","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}