Moose the Pilot

Puffin, Penguin Random House NZ, 8th Jun 2021  |  Pencil, photoshop
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Meet Moose, a bush pilot who lives in a treehouse. He's had a VERY busy day when he gets a radio call for one more job - a RESCUE mission! 
Moose, the dashing bush pilot from Puffin the Architect, is to the rescue! With a full plane and bad weather, too, but three youngsters need his help, and this is the job he loves… 
I’m Moose! And I fly a plane 
with wheels, floats and skis. 
I move parcels, food and folk 
high above the trees. 
Pilot Moose lives up high in a treehouse and has a very important job delivering goods in his bush plane through sun, snow and rain, landing in all kinds of terrain.
But on this day, his adventures are even more exciting than usual - three fluffy youngsters need his help!

This is the third visually stunning story set in the delightful world of Puffin the Architect and her friends. The adventures of daring Pilot Moose will captivate readers young and old - especially fans of flying machines!

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Puffin the Architect Series Bundle

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Buy all four books as a series bundle and save ($20.00 each, normally $20.99 each). Published by Puffin, Penguin Random House New Zealand.

From the world of Puffin the Architect and her friends - this bundle includes Puffin the Architect, Hound the Detective, Moose the Pilot and Goose the Artist.

Meet Puffin, a clever architect who always creates the perfect home for her clients. But her newest clients are VERY hard to please!

Meet Moose, a bush pilot who lives in a treehouse. He's had a VERY busy day when he gets a radio call for one more job - a RESCUE mission!

Meet Hound, a brilliant detective who ALWAYS solves his case. But this latest trail of clues has him perplexed - could it be that he's missed something important?

Meet Goose, a passionate artist who wants to create a PERFECT portrait and win the village art competition.

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Awards & recognition

FINALIST - Russell Clark Award for Illustration  - NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2022

Storylines Notable Picture Book Award 2021

LISTENER TOP 50 BOOKS 2021

Praise for Moose the Pilot

'Moose the Pilot firmly establishes Kimberly Andrews as an author/illustrator of note. Highly recommended.'
Julie Harper-Taylor, MAGPIES - NOVEMBER, 2021 

'Moose the Pilot is all about delivering things (in a cool little plane) to out of the way places, but it is also about delivering kindness, keeping in touch, making things, looking out for our neighbours. A warm treat of a story.'
POETRY BOX - AUGUST, 2021 

'The rhyming, rhythmic text reads aloud well, and lends itself to multiple re-readings–in fact, after the first read through it is an absolute must to start again so you can identify all the useful treasures Moose accumulates on his journey... The end papers, a montage of Moose’s ‘photographs’, provide more information about this colourful, caring character. Moose the Pilot firmly establishes Kimberly Andrews as an author/illustrator of note. Highly recommended.' 
​MAGPIES VOL 36, NOV 2021

This is the third book in Kimberly Andrews' stunning series, all set in the delightful world of Puffin the Architect. This book centres on Moose, whose heroic adventures will captivate readers young and old - especially fans of flying machines... Her illustrations are a veritable feast - and, like her previous books, offer so much more to the story than if reading the text alone... Readers already familiar with Andrews's previous books will be delighted by Moose, and new readers will fall in love with the residents of Lofty Alps.  
NZ BOOKLOVERS

The illustrations are a feast for the eye, and offer a mouthwatering visual narrative. Characters and scenes dance with life and intricate detail... There is a rescue mission at the end of the book, and that is what gives the story the warm fuzzies. A rescue mission can go in a thousand ways, from successful to disastrous, but this rescue mission is unexpected. It is perfectly in tune with our current need to use what we have and be kind to others. Sublime. Moose the Pilot is all about delivering things (in a cool little plane) to out of the way places, but it is also about delivering kindness, keeping in touch, making things, looking out for our neighbours. A warm treat of a story.
PAULA GREEN, POETRY BOX