TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gurney,Chris
AU  - Lawford,Myles
TI  - Parakeet in boots
T2  - Kiwi corkers. Great New Zealand yarns
SN  - 9781775434382
U1  - NZ823.3 23
KW  - Parakeets
KW  - Children's picture books
KW  - Love
KW  - Hoaxes
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - local
KW  - Picture books for children
N1  - Junior; National Library of New Zealand
N2  - "Based on Puss in Boots, the Parakeet in boots does much the same sort of thing. He helps his friend Pete trick the Big Boss into thinking he is the Pongatown mayor, who is rich and impressive, in order to win the hand of his daughter. As it happens, Pete couldn't let the trickery go on and confessed to everything. But the Big Boss could see how his daughter looked at Pete and agreed to the marriage anyway, as well as retiring and giving Pete his business"--Publisher information
ER  -