A tiny creature lay on a rock in the sun, wondering a mighty question…
What makes me, me?
It watches a ball of fluff and its parents down on the sand. No. They aren’t who he’s looking for.
Another creature with short legs waddles along, the skink watching closely. No. Not them either.
More and more creatures come to his attention. Large. Small. Feathers, fur and wool. Something even larger, thundering across the ground. What about in the stream, or beside it? Even the trees and sky hold life, but not like him….
Will he ever learn the answer to his question?
A simply gorgeous companion title to the beautiful One Weka Went Walking and The Butterfly Fluttered By.
In perfect, flowing rhyme, the Chatham Island Skink is the star of the show in What Did the Skink Think?
Pippa Ensor’s illustrations bring many creatures of Rēkohu (Chatham Island) and Rangihaute (Pitt Island) to life for young readers, as they fly, gallop, waddle, swim and leap within the pages.
This series of books is a wonderful way for young and old New Zealanders to experience the special wildlife of places most of us will never see.
Author – Kate Preece
Illustrator – Pippa Ensor
Non- Fiction Picture Book
(2026, Bateman, Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Author, NZ Illustrator, Rēkohu, Chatham Island, Rangihaute, Pitt Island, Skink, Animals, Nature, Series)