About the Book

This handout () has a table of contents, sample pages of the book, and more info about it. Don’t forget to check out the Sample Pages and the reviews on the book’s About page.

About the Author

Mike Dickison had wanted to learn the ukulele for twenty years, and in 2005 picked one up and taught himself. He joined a ukulele group in Durham, North Carolina, where he was studying for his PhD at a time when the ukulele renaissance was sweeping America. Returning to New Zealand, he found that kids were only learning from books written by Australians and Americans, and resolved to set this right. Mike has been a teacher and writer for fifteen years, maintains the twenty-fourth-most-popular ukulele page on the Internet, and teaches at the University of Canterbury. His professional interest is in improving the presentation of scientific data, and his academic field is fossil bird bones from islands, including the ukulele islands of Madeira and Hawaii. Mike blogs at www.giantflightlessbirds.com and shares his birthday with George Formby.

Publicity Photos

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Mike looking winsomeMugshot looking winsome (Photo: F. Turner)
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Mike outside BeehivePosing with Fluke outside Beehive (Photo: J. Cobley)
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Shadow on Beehive lawnShadow on the Beehive lawn (Photo: J. Cobley)
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Images of the book cover

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