This is a distinct improvement on the first in the series, given that its focus has shifted from all the twee little flower fairies to the birds of the New Zealand bush. And not only birds - as the title indicates, Hutu and Kawa make friends with a tuatara, and learn about how he lives. It's all still squarely in the realm of fantasy, but I have to admit I would go and watch a tuatara eat a birthday cake of insects, so I can't really blame Hutu and Kawa for doing the same! I might not actually make the cake for the tuatara as they do, though, even enjoying baking as I do, because that cauldron of squirmy things looks kind of disgusting. Points to them for that.