Standing In My Own Shoes

To celebrate Olympics year I asked Kiwi Olympians and Paralympians to write letters to young people sharing what they learned about “success” from their experiences in Tokyo. Then I got each letter illustrated by a different Kiwi children’s book illustrator and put them together in this new work, Standing In My Own Shoes. There’s letters from Lisa Carrington, Hamish Bond, Tupou Neiufi and many more. Check it out here: https://readingwarrior.com/product/standing-in-my-own-shoes/

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