E3 Call Home

NON-FICTION FINALIST

E3 Call Home
Janet Hunt
Random House New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-86979-276-3 pb RRP $24.99
Target age 7+

This is the true story of two godwits, E3 and E7. In 2007 they were tagged with satellite transmitters by scientists who wanted to know where they flew when they left New Zealand each autumn. E7 became famous with her photo in all the papers. But what happened to E3?

Janet Hunt has had a varied and interesting career, including the following: teacher, journalist/writer, County Councillor, computer publisher, lecturer in computer graphics and design, lecturer in digital media, author, publications editor, graphic designer.

In 2004 Janet won the New Zealand Post Book of the Year with A Bird in the Hand, and in 2008, she won the Montana Medal for Non-fiction for Wetlands of New Zealand.