They hear it said properly
Every word is read aloud in the mother tongue by a native speaker, and lights up as it is spoken. Children can tap any word to hear it again — so they learn the sound, not just the spelling.
Far from the islands, our children are growing up hearing English everywhere and their mother tongue only at home. These are read-along storybooks that let them hear every word in their own language, tap any word to hear it again, and read together with you — wherever in the world you are raising them.
Made by Pasifika parents, for Pasifika families in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and across the Pacific.
Every word is read aloud in the mother tongue by a native speaker, and lights up as it is spoken. Children can tap any word to hear it again — so they learn the sound, not just the spelling.
When children keep the language, they keep the relationships — with grandparents, with aunties and uncles, with the village. Read it together, or let them read it to you.
Works on any phone, tablet or computer, and keeps working offline once opened. Buy it once and it is yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry.
The everyday words of home — greetings, family, food, church, bedtime — told through Amoleka’s day. Written by Vaoese Kava, a Samoan mother raising her own children in the diaspora, and read aloud in her voice.
It happens quietly. You speak to them in your language and they answer in English. Then one day they visit the grandparents and cannot find the words. Researchers have a phrase for it — heritage language loss — and it can happen within two or three years of a child starting school, unless the language is kept alive at home.
Most reading apps will not help you with this. They are built for English, for a market of millions. Nobody is making beautiful, interactive books in Samoan, in Tongan, in the languages of our islands — so we are.
Every book you buy also helps put these books into Pacific Island classrooms, where children are learning to read in the language of their own village.
Buy a book once and it is yours to keep. The same fair pricing as all ICRF services — including a Pacific community tier.
$199 gives thirty children a year of reading in their own language — in a library that keeps growing.
A school licence is a yearly subscription to the whole library for one class of up to 30 children. Every book we publish during the year opens for them the day it goes live — it is a library that grows, not a bundle that stays the same size. For Pacific Island schools, a sponsor can gift that access — and every school gets an instant 30-day trial the moment they apply, so no child waits while a sponsor is found.
Buy a book once and it is yours to keep. Read at home on any device.
$199 a year for one class of up to 30 children — the whole library, including every book added during the year. Invoice or card.
Gift a Pacific classroom a year of a growing library, with your dedication message.
Many of us left the islands but never left them behind. A gift funds a year of the whole library for real classrooms back home, and the library keeps growing while they read it. You choose how your family, church, or village association is named, and you write the dedication the children see when they open the book.
For an individual or a family. Your name goes inside every book that class opens — including the ones published after you give.
Sponsor a classroom — $199For a church, community group, or family collective. Adds a photo and thank-you from the school.
Sponsor a villageA full primary school. Adds an annual impact report and your logo on this page.
EnquireEvery class across a district. Your name appears inside the books themselves.
Enquire125 classes — 3,750 children across a whole island group, funded for a year. For grants, foundations, and corporate partners. This one starts with a conversation.
Tell us a little about your school or the classroom you'd like to sponsor. We'll reply with next steps, and Pacific schools get an instant 30-day trial on application.