Hawai'i Booklist

I did a very long post previously about Oceania, which I'd like to tie in with 6th grade Astronomy (via Celestial Navigation), but here I would just like to compile all the resources I've collected which are specifically about Hawai'i.

A is for Aloha: A Hawai'i Alphabet
by Uilani Goldsberry

Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky
by Vivian L. Thompson

Kawelo, Roving Chief
by Vivian L. Thompson

Aukele the Fearless: A Legend of Old Hawaii
by Vivian L. Thompson

Maui-Full-of-Tricks: A Legend of Old Hawaii
by Vivian L. Thompson

Hawaii Legends of Tricksters and Riddlers
by Vivian L. Thompson

Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions
by Vivian L. Thompson

Faraway Friends
by Vivian L. Thompson

Pono the Garden Guardian
by Dani Hickman

The Book of Little Folk: Faery Stories and Poems from Around the World
by Lauren Mills
"Laka and the Menehunes," p.75

Finding Fairies: Secrets for Attracting Little People from Around the World
by Michelle Roehm McCann and Marianne Monson-Burton
"Menehune Nose-Flute" and "Fairy Rose Petal Beads"

Shave Ice in Hawaii
illus. by Mariko Merritt

Too Many Mangos
by Tammy Paikai

'Ohana Means Family
by Ilima Loomis
look at "P" page of A is for Aloha (planting kalo)

Pacific Nutrition Bingo (PDF)
this is a really fun game!

Beyond 'Ohi'a Valley: Adventures in a Hawaiian Rainforest
by Lisa Matsumoto

Beaks!
by Sneed B. Collard III
Hawaiian honeycreeper

Island Below the Star
by James Rumford
this is a particularly good tie-in with Astronomy

A Gift from the Past
by James Rumford

Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves: The Hawaiian Monk Seal
by James Rumford
sequel to Island Below the Star

Kahalaopuna
by James Rumford
bilingual (English and Hawaiian)

Tutu's Quilt: Ke Kapa Kuiki a Tutu
by James Rumford
bilingual (English and Hawaiian)

50 Fearless Women Who Made American History
by Jenifer Bazzit
Queen Lili'uokalani

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