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Front cover of the book featuring an illustration of a squid focused in on the eye with small fish swimming in front of it

Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep

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Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep is backordered. We will ship it separately in 10 to 15 days.

Perfect for answering:

  • Has a colossal squid ever been seen alive?
  • How big is a colossal squid in real life?

A wonderful 32-page illustrated book that dives into the mysterious world of the colossal squid, a creature you may know from the famous Te Papa squid. Through engaging text and glorious images, it tells the story of a colossal squid’s life, from hatching out of a tiny egg to escaping the jaws of a sperm whale and becoming the world’s biggest invertebrate. Side topics range from Te Papa’s colossal squid specimen to Māori exploration of the sub Antarctic.

Readers will discover how the squid survives in the deep waters of Antarctica, and will meet other strange creatures that are uniquely adapted to this hostile environment.

Like Te Papa’s new Nature | Te Taiao exhibition zone, this book weaves together scientific inquiry, mātauranga Māori and plenty of humour. It shows how all living things are connected – and how we too are part of the natural world.

Look inside Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep here

By Victoria Cleal and Isobel Joy Te Aho-White 

About the author

Victoria Cleal has been a writer and editor at Te Papa for nearly five years, most recently working on the Nature | Te Taiao exhibition and several stories for the children’s TV series He Paki Taonga and its associated book.

About the illustrator

Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngāti Kahungungu ki te Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Irakehu) is a graphic artist with a diploma in Visual Arts (UCOL) and a Bachelor of Design (Hons) majoring in illustration from Massey University. She illustrated several of the stories for the children’s TV series He Paki Taonga and its associated book.

 

Extent: 32 pages
Format: Hardback

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