COMP CLOSED | Book Giveaway | Pekapeka: Secret Forest Bat

Pekapeka Secret Forest Bat
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We are very pleased to be giving away three copies of Katie Furze’s book, ‘Pekapeka: Secret Forest Bat’, to our GrownUps members.

All you need to do to enter the draw is be a GrownUps member, make sure you’re signed up to our newsletter and fill in your details near the bottom of the page!

Pekapeka Secret Forest BatAbout Pekapeka: Secret Forest Bat

Dynamic duo author Katie Furze and illustrator Ned Burraud have released another nonfiction book that brings the fascinating Pekapeka to life.

Meet PEKAPEKA, a creature of the night and a secret FOREST EXPLORER!

When velvety dark descends, the whole colony wakes and the hollow comes alive with twitching and chittering.

Bats are Aotearoa New Zealand’s only native land mammals. This book is set in an ancient forest, and follows Pekapeka, a short-tailed bat, on her nocturnal adventures as she forages for food, evades predators, and plays a crucial role in pollinating native plants, all while navigating the many dangers hidden in the night.

A companion to Ruru: Night Hunter and Tuatara: A Living Treasure, this book brings the secretive world of Pekapeka to life with a mix of lyrical narrative and fascinating fact boxes. Rich, detailed illustrations by Ned Barraud vividly capture the beauty of Aotearoa’s native forests and the hidden life of its tiny bats. Pekapeka is a perfect resource for home, classroom and library, as well as a wonderful gift for nature lovers.

About the Author

Katie Furze writes children’s fiction and non-fiction, including picture books, short stories, articles, plays, readers and novels. This is her third non-fiction picture book with Scholastic, following on from Tuatara, a Living Treasure (a finalist in the Non-Fiction category of the NZ Children’s Book Awards) and Ruru, Night Hunter. Katie has a master’s degree in creative writing and is fascinated by science and nature. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys the outdoors, tramping, yoga, travelling and scuba diving. She lives in Auckland with her family.

Ned Barraud studied art in Otago and Illustration at Victoria University and has since authored and illustrated a number of children’s books and journals, including the ‘Explore and Discover’ series about different ecosystems in New Zealand. Ned loves to help introduce children to the natural world around them and encourages them to explore it. For Scholastic he has illustrated Katie Furze’s Tuatara and Ruru, with Pekapeka being the third in the series, as well as Pu and Ru’s Bird Beak Clues by Jez Smith, and his own At Home on the Farm. Ned lives in Nelson with his wife and three children.

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    1. You must be a GrownUps member and receive our newsletter to be eligible to win.
    2. Competition closes on the 27th August 2025, winners will be notified via email by 28th August 2025.
    3. It is your responsibility to ensure you correctly enter a New Zealand postal address where the prize can be sent. GrownUps will not take responsibility for prizes sent to incorrect addresses.
    4. Winners are drawn at random by the GrownUps administration team.
    5. GrownUps employees and family are not eligible to enter.
    6. By entering the giveaway, you approve for GrownUps to use your name on social media as winner of the competition.
    7. One entry per household.
    8. Prize in non transferrable.
    9. You must reside in New Zealand – the prize can only be redeemed within New Zealand.
    10. You must be over 50 years of age to enter, please check your details are correct in your membership dashboard.