ReadingWarrior

South Auckland based children's author + teacher + learner.

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

@joshhart my daughter and I watched you in our first NBA game tonight (we're from NZ). You seemed a bit grumpy during the game but I wanted to encourage you and say how awesome it was to see you play live, to see your bball skill and I'm really proud of your success bro 🙏🏼💙

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Does anyone know a Samoan family 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 who have a child aged 8-14 who might be keen to write a story about their lives for a new book for kids? Mixed ethnicity is all good. Please tag them, or message me if you can help and please share 🙏🏽

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Call out 🐚✍🏽🇼🇸

Talofa lava family. I'm looking for Samoan children aged 8-12 who live in unusual places in the world who would be keen to write a story about their lives for a new book. Please message me if you can help faamolemole 🙏🏽

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Last night Shaun Johnson was asked how a player facing constant criticism and scrutiny should handle that. He said, "Look in not out." Check out my thoughts about this awesome concept here:

https://t.co/axEElgKQqU

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

@nzpost Is it fixed yet because this is really frustrating, wasting so much time

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Gold again! Get a piece of 𝗞𝗶𝘄𝗶 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 with personally autographed books by two Black Ferns 7s players:
𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓮𝔂 𝓦𝓪𝓪𝓴𝓪
https://t.co/05puJ654G9
𝓜𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓮𝓵𝓪 𝓑𝓵𝔂𝓭𝓮
https://t.co/ihkY4Eg94a

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Matariki at Mt Smart with the Wahs ✨

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Check out the Writing Warriors from Dawson Primary School!

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

When a person's name becomes the name of a weapon. I'm doing a writing project with some boys, create superheroes to solve problems. One wrote about a monster that tried to ruin his league game. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘚𝘶𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

This is the pic for the cover of my new pukapuka for kids. It's called 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 - why Aotearoa sports teams wear black with a silver fern. It's a cool story, can't wait to share it real soon 🇳🇿 🖤
🎨 Munro Te Whata
👩‍💻 @bronwenbillinghurst
✍🏼 @davidrileynz

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Strike Hard - the Michaela Blyde Story is out family. It's a really inspiring story about the challenges Michaela - Black Ferns Sevens - has been through on her way to becoming one of the best rugby players in the world. Check out Michaela's thoughts 👇🏽

https://t.co/jUOpE4lvqu

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

@Mr_RimoniTMD Thank you uso! That's amazing encouragement coming from you 🙏🏼

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

A shot from our photoshoot at Wiri Central School today. These awesome young people have written a pukapuka about their pride in being Māori. We're launching their pukapuka during Matariki later this term. 13 new published authors unleashed into the world ✍🏽
#WritingWarriors

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

"Proper preparation prevents poor performance - that's what my dad always taught me."

Tyrese Macey after hitting two clutch 3 pointers to win today's NBA playoff game.

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Nice one @Auckland_Libs with the Samoan language option for taking out books 😁👌🏽🇼🇸

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Te Tiriti o Waitangi: A community perspective https://t.co/kcdycpqvk7

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

It's beautiful how Sacred Heart College, Napier acknowledges the Māori and Catholic whakapapa of their school.

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

Tamatea Intermediate students are Writing Warriors ✊🏼✍🏼

@tepoumuramura Writers in Schools

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

@XTOTL Thank you bro, don't know why I didn't think of Munro before but he's on it now 😁

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

@XTOTL Toby I'm trying find a Māori illustrator for a new children's book I'm working on. Can I share the idea with you?

[ReadingWarrior @DavidRileyNZ]

22 newly published authors showing off their books at Waimarama School, Hawke's Bay
#WritingWarriors
@tepoumuramura Writers in Schools