Author(s): Juliette MacIver

NZ Children & Young Adult | NZCYA 2025 Finalists

A bedtime story with a mix of the familiar bathtime to bedtime routine and a sprinkling of moonlit magic.

Six taniwha, all looking at me, sing "Beddy-bye time in the bubbly-white sea.”

It’s almost bedtime and a young child counts objects, including kererū, taniwha, kea and sheep.