The Life Cycle of the Tuatara written by Betty Brownlie

New Zealand Post Book Awards – Non-fiction

Reviewed by Amalie Corlett

I think this book is awesome.

I learnt that the Tuatara has lots of predators, such as birds; the Black-Backed Gull, the Harrier, the Kingfisher and Morepork, pests; rats, stoats, ferrets as well as cats and dogs.

I also learnt that tuatara eggs have a rubbery shell outside.

Did you know that the tuatara’s tail falls off when predators trouble them, and when the tail falls off, it wriggles around like crazy.

Because I have read and enjoyed this book, there is so much more I now know, and now you can find out too. This book is in the non-fiction section of the Sunnybrae Library.