Jennifer Somervell The Eel Hunt

"Every Kiwi kid needs a copy of this book, about going on an eel hunt."
-Linda Hall, Hawkes Bay Today

Cove is proud to present these beautiful picture books by New Zealand author, Jennifer Somervell.

It's summer in the '70s and an idea is hatched to go eel hunting on the Manawatu River.

With home-made spears, under the cloak of darkness, the intrepid eelers set off.

But everything does not go according to plan.

Eeling was common in the 1960s and '70s when eels were large and plentiful in New Zealand.

Learn how our unique longfin eel is now threatened and needs our protection.

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