It’s good to be different!
Perky the Pukeko by Michelle Osment is a children’s tale about a pukeko, New Zealand’s purple swamp hen, who doesn’t quite fit in. One day a farmer gives an orphan egg to Bantam Hen, but when the egg hatches and Perky the Pukeko with his brilliant blue feathers and red beak emerges, everyone is surprised. What are they to do with Perky the Pukeko?
The author, Michelle Osment, of Perky the Pukeko is a proud kiwi who hails from the North Island city of New Plymouth. Since she was a young child, Michelle enjoyed drawing and writing about animals. Then in 2002 she started writing rhyming children’s stories and is now well known for her Perky the Pukeko series.
