🦉Katie Furze🦎Children's Author 🦇

🦭PUBLICATION DAY!!!🦭 KEKENO, Curious Explorer is wandering into bookstores this week! I'm so grateful to everyone who helped bring KEKENO to life: The illustrations by Ned Barraud are gorgeous! Published by Scholastic New Zealand - huge thanks to the team for all they do. 😁

I'm delighted to receive this lovely review from Angela Thompson, Teacher & Librarian, on the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website. 🦭😀 You can read the full review here: read-nz.org/school-library/k… Thank you, Angela and READNZ! 😍

Voting for the Whitcoulls Kids Top 50 Books has started! If you have a few minutes, I would be extremely grateful for your support. Plus, you could win a $100 book voucher!🦇🦉🦎🦭❤️ New Zealand only 😃 Here's the link to vote: whitcoulls.co.nz/kids-top50

I'm over the moon that PEKAPEKA is a finalist in the 2026 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards! This is a member-voted award and it's a huge honour to make it to the final 5 in our region! Thank you to everyone who voted for our book. #STEAM #kidlit #SCBWI

My author copies have arrived! 🦭Here’s a sneak peek. 😃#STEAM

It's a sunny autumn day here and I'm feeling grateful because I now have four beautiful picture books about the incredible wildlife of Aotearoa New Zealand out in the world. 🤩 Just a few years ago, I would never have believed this was possible. 🦎🦉🦇 🦭#STEAM – at Auckland, New Zealand

NOT LONG NOW! In just 2 weeks our new book, KEKENO, Curious Explorer will be wandering into bookstores all over Aotearoa! The story follows a young fur seal for the first year of his life. As you can see Kekeno is a real cutie pie 🥰 🦭#ScholasticNZ #nedbarraud #STEM

PEKAPEKA is so excited that her book received a notable book award on Sunday (while she was sleeping)! Thank you Storylines, the Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand. 🤸‍♀️ 🦇 🙏 #STEM #kidlit

🦭 COVER REVEAL!!!🦭 I'm excited to share the cover of our new nonfiction picture book - KEKENO, Curious Explorer, with words by me and illustrations by Ned Barraud. it follows a NZ fur seal pup for the first year of his life. KEKENO will be wandering into bookstores 1 May. #STEM

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I was lucky enough to spend a couple of beautiful sunny days in the capital last week visting bookstores. There are signed copies of PEKAPEKA at Whitcoulls on Lampton Quay and Unity Books Wellington.🦇😀 @scholasticnz

Wow, what an incredible night at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults! @nzcya 🤩Thank you to the judges and everyone involved behind the scenes. It was such an honour to have been a finalist. 🦉@scholasticnz #NZCYA #STEAM #kidlit

What a lovely surprise today to receive my author copies of this article about penguins - yes, sphenisciformes are penguins 🐧 in Orbit, thank you @theschoolmag 😀 #penguin #kidlit #STEM

On this dreary winter's day, I'm feeling grateful because I have not one, not two, but three beautiful picture books out in the world. 🤩 Hard to believe, but wonderful. 🦎🦉🦇#STEM #kidlit @scholasticnz #nedbarraud

Look at this awesome Kids’ Reading Guide from NZ Booksellers! It’s packed full of gorgeous books. I’m so pleased to see PEKAPEKA Secret Forest Bat included 🦇 … and there’s RURU Night Hunter amongst the NZCYA finalists! 🦉#NZCYA #kidlit #STEM

Spotted PEKAPEKA Secret Forest Bat 🦇at Time Out Bookstore in Maungawhau Mt Eden and they also had RURU and TUATARA in stock. ❤️ Independent bookstores. #STEM #bats #kidlit #NedBarraud #Scholasticnz @timeoutbooksnz

Popped into the mall during a rain shower and was delighted to see our new book ‘PEKAPEKA Secret Forest Bat’ on end display alongside other local 📚 including Ned Barraud’s ‘At Home on the Farm.’ #ScholasticNZ #bats #STEM #kidlit