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Pūkeko Who-keko?
  • Published: 1 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781776957132
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $16.99

Pūkeko Who-keko?

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Who spilled that blue paint? There's a messy mystery afoot, and Detective Clue-keko needs your help to solve it!

Watch out for cartoonist Toby Morris's flying dad jokes in this delightful visual and verbal play on words that rhyme with pūkeko, one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most iconic and personality-laden blue birds.

Join the hunt and follow the paint trail with Detective Clue-keko as the pūkeko chaos accumulates. And who-keko knew-keko that so many words rhyme with pūkeko?

With even more comic fun to be spotted in the eye-catching illustrations, this story is for children aged 3–7 (and their not-so-serious adults) and will be on repeat read throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

Be warned - pūkeko rhyming is VERY contagious!
  • Published: 1 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781776957132
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $16.99
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About the author

Toby Morris

Toby Morris is an award-winning illustrator, cartoonist and art director known for the successful non-fiction comic series The Side Eye on the Spinoff and The Pencilsword on RNZ. With Toby Manhire, he is half of the Toby & Toby duo.
He has written several children's books including Capsicum, Capsi Go, The Day The Costumes Stuck, Don’t Puke On Your Dad and the graphic novel Te Tiriti O Waitangi and developed artwork for musicians including The Beths, Beastwars, Neil and Liam Finn, Ladyhawke and Phoenix Foundation, and diverse brands including Allbirds, L&P, Good George - even the Edmonds Baking Powder box! In 2020, his informative series of collaborations about Covid-19 with Dr Siouxsie Wiles were shared around the world and he has thrice won the Voyager award for Cartoonist of the Year at the New Zealand Media Awards, in 2020, 2021 and 2024.

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Praise for Pūkeko Who-keko?

This glorious book is an extra sweet example of how books can be spinning-word playgrounds where imagination rules.

Paula Green, Poetry Box

Soooo delightful! I just love getting a picture book under my wing that I can recommend all year to someone.

Jenna Todd, RNZ Culture 101

You wouldn’t believe how many interesting words can be contrived to rhyme with pūkeko. From shoe-keko to shampoo-keko the list is amazing. While the text is minimal it is interactive and engaging. The illustrations are engaging and rich in detail supporting the text to solve the riddles. This book should be read aloud and shared.

Elaine Wills, Library Manager Enner Glynn School, Read NZ
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