Kealani runs the instagram, Little Pasifika Readers. With it, she aims to amplify indigenous Pacific Islander voices within global children’s publishing.

Little Pasifika Readers

I had so much fun at @bnalamoana on Saturday! Thank you to the team there! They did such an amazing job setting up the event. Thank you to everyone who came and even for those who wished they could come. So much of writing work is done on the comput
Happy book birthday to my little Tala! It’s been almost four years since I first started writing this story and I can’t believe the time has finally come! It has been a community effort to get this book published and I’m so gratef
Here are some Pacific Islander poetry recommendations for the #pasifikareadathonchallenge! 🌊Iep Jāltok by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Marshallese) 🌊Ocean Mother by Arielle Taitano Lowe (CHamoru) 🌊Coconut Milk by Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoan) 🌊from
I am participating in the Pasifika Readathon Challenge! I won’t have time to post a ton this month, but I will share what I can. I’m really excited to see what everyone else posts. I’ve been trying to read at least one Pacific Islan
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier (CHamoru) is a young adult fantasy novel that tells the story of Hanalei who was exiled from her island home after her father stole a sea dragon egg meant to heal the island’s princess. When Hanalei unintentionally