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Steppin' with Benji Marshall by David Riley
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
'Steppin' with Benji Marshall' is the inspirational story of how a young Kiwi boy from a small town, stepped through the many challenges life threw his way to become one of the best rugby league players in the world! Written to inspire young people to achieve their dreams no matter what struggles they m ...Show more
Steppin' with Benji Marshall (HB) by David Riley
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Reading Warriors
Steppin’ with Benji Marshall is the inspirational story of how a young Kiwi boy from a small town, stepped through the many challenges life threw his way to become one of the best rugby league players in the world! The book aims to inspire young people to achieve their dreams no matter what struggles th ...Show more
Steven Adams (Reading All Stars) by David Riley
$24.99 NZD
Category: Learn to Read Books | Series: Reading All Stars
Reading All Stars: Steven Adams tells how a young man from Rotorua, New Zealand, became a star in the toughest basketball competition in the world … the NBA! Reading All Stars books are written for people who need support with reading, whatever their age. The text is written in short bites, in simple l ...Show more
Tapa of Love - Tapa ō Te 'Inangaro: A Cook Islands Legend (Pasifika Superheroes) by David Riley (Retold by); Mareta Tere
$35.00 NZD
Category: Pacific Languages
Ina is a Cook Islands heroine and superhero, famous throughout Oceania for her mighty deeds. In this story, Ina faces the biggest challenge of her life. Is it a human-eating giant? No. A tree-crushing cyclone? Kā‘ore. Then it must be an island-flooding tsunami? Not even close. Ina’s biggest challenge wa ...Show more
The Artist and the Whale: Fifine Pulotu Mo e Tafuaa (Pasifika Superheroes) by David Riley; translated into Vagahau Niue by Elviso Togiamua
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends | Series: Pasifika Superheroes
Mataginifale is a Niue superhero with a difference. She isn’t known for her super powers, but for her super creativity. One day she had an argument with a whale that tested her thinking skills too. Find out what happened in The Artist and the Whale, a Niue legend retold by David Riley and translated int ...Show more
The Gifts of Pai and Vau: Meaalofa a Pai mo Vau (Pasifika Superheroes) by David Riley; Siliga Tala
$35.00 NZD
Category: Pacific Languages | Series: Pasifika Superheroes
Pai and Vau are Nanumea superheroes who created beautiful things in our world. One day a stranger named Tefolaha came to their island. “This is now my island,” he declared and challenged them to a contest. What kind of contest did he dream up? What would Pai and Vau do if they lost? Find out in The Gift ...Show more
The Reading Tribe by David Riley
$44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
"Reading is as important as feeling the sun on your face,” says award-winning singer Che Fu. In The Reading Tribe, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, rugby legend Sir Richie McCaw, writer Selina Tusitala Marsh and 24 other prominent Kiwis talk about how important reading has been in their lives. They share ...Show more
The Secret Cave: Koe 'Ana Fakapulipuli (Pasifika Superheroes) by David Riley
$35.00 NZD
Category: Pacific Languages
Naua was an expert fisherman who found an underwater cave. Naua had a feeling his cave would be helpful one day. And so it did. Find out what happened in The Secret Cave – Koe ‘Ana Fakapulipulí, A Tongan legend retold by David Riley and translated into Tongan by Vasilini Finau Faletau.
Tokelau Heroes by David Riley
$21.00 NZD
$35.00 (40% off)
Category: Myths and Legends
Tokelau Heroes tells the inspirational stories of achievers who have Tokelauan ancestry. It includes legends like Hina; historical figures such as Ihaia Puka; and contemporary heroes like Opetaia Foa'i. It's written to inspire young Tokelauans, to encourage reading and promote literacy.
Tongan Heroes by David Riley (Illustrator Michel Mulipola)
$43.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Pasifika Heroes
Tongan Heroes is the third book in the Pasifika Heroes series. It follows We Are the Rock (Niuean) and Samoan Heroes. Tongan Heroes tells the inspirational stories of achievers who have Tongan ancestry. It includes legends like Muni and Kavaoanu; historical figures such as Queen Salote Tupou III and Pro ...Show more
Tuvalu Toku Atufenua Pele by David Riley; Alamai Sioni; Sagaa Malua; Isoa Kavakimotu; Auckland Tuvalu Community Trust Staff (Contribution by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Pacific Languages
Eight Tuvaluan young people worked with teacher-writer David Riley, to share stories, in English and Tuvaluan, that show their immense pride in being Tuvaluan. You'll read about their love for their language, legends, clothing, fatele and culture! Come and share the beauty of Tuvalu with them.
We are the Rock! by David Riley
$35.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends | Series: Pasifika Heroes
David Riley is Head of Performing Arts and the Specialist Classroom Teacher at Tangaroa College in Otara South Auckland. He wrote this book to encourage his students - particularly young Pacific Island students - to read and to inspire them with stories they can relate to about sport, music, business, t ...Show more