Kimi the Kekeno's Big Adventure
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Kimi the Kekeno's Big Adventure
By (Author) Shelley Burne-Field
Allen & Unwin
A&U Children's NZ
29th April 2025
New Zealand
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Fish and marine life
Physical Properties
Paperback
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
Description
Kimi the Kekeno is about to go on the biggest adventure of his life. It's one every kekeno pup makes: a journey to the magical stone circle to meet the goddess Hina and tell her your dream to get her moon blessing.
Kimi and his friends must swim for many days through the deep moana to get to the stone circle, and along the way they meet lots of exciting and curious creatures: a yappy kri, a giant squid in need of help, an incredible tua who will help them on their journey, and a hungry hammerhead shark - but is Kuru really as scary as she seems
From the author of Brave Khu and the Prangi Magpie, comes a second novel for junior readers about friendship, adventure, learning to be brave and loving ourselves as we are.
Praise for Shelley Burne-Field's first novel, Brave Khu and the Prangi Magpie:
"Beautiful writing for young readers." - Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books
"A stunning story." - The Spinoff
"What an adventure!" - Tina Makereti
"Shelley Burne- Field's worldbuilding is exquisite." - Emma Hislop
"Action- packed and wildly imaginative." - Paula Morris
"A wondrous and wild tale" - Becky Manawatu
Author Bio
Shelley Burne-Field (Smoa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Rrua, Pkeh) is a kaituhituhi from Te Matau-a-Mui Hawke's Bay. She writes articles and creative non-fiction as well as fiction of all sorts, including short stories. This is her second children's story. It follows the epic middle-grade adventure story, Brave Khu and the Prangi Magpie, published in 2024. She is an alumni of the Master of Creative Writing from Auckland University 2020 and also Te Papa Tupu mentoring programme. Her story 'Speaking in Tongues' was the only New Zealand Finalist in the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her work is now in print in anthologies around the world, and has appeared in Newsroom and on RNZ. Her story 'Pinching out Dahlias' is the most read short story published in Reading Room. Shelley is a proud member of the NZSA.
