Out in the Bay takes readers around a bay, where birds and seals go about their lives above the water, and jellyfish and dolphins swim beneath it.
One Bay it may be, but there are multiple communities living around it.
Seals lay on the sunny rocks on seaweed pillows, and shags are layered up a rock stack.
Terns have a home and a view from a rusty abandoned boat, and mussels and weeds live on a rotting pier.
There are treasures to be found washed up on the edges, but watch out! A storm is coming.
Ned Barraud’s beautiful illustrations and rhyme explore a Bay and all who live around it, even dipping beneath the waves.
Beginning with a calm, flat, morning sea, and building to the approach of an incoming storm, the tension rises as the sky darkens and the inhabitants hunker down.
A gorgeous way to highlight all the activity in a Bay, recognisable in many parts of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Author/ Illustrator – Ned Barraud
Picture Book
NZ Non-Fiction
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(2026, Scholastic NZ, Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Non Fiction, Bay, Sealife, Nature, Seals, Birds, Animals, Shags, Terns, Dolphins, Storm, Real Life)