As a part of our Hawaii Public Library Challenge Tour, we ask each librarian for one book recommendation for us to read and review. For Diane Masaki from Aiea Library, we talked about a number of books, but she told us her favorite book to read was The Musubi Man because she “can work the […]
For those of you who follow Hawaii Book Blog on Twitter, you may have noticed that every week we inform you about the latest story being featured on Hickam AFB Library’s Dial-a-Story. We think this is a fun and unique way to spread literacy to children. Basically, you dial the phone number (808) 449-8297 and a […]
posted by M.L. Sanico So, it’s obvious by now that Alex and I are on our way to Sin City. Did you know that approximately 500,000 people fly between Hawaii and Las Vegas every year*? That’s a lot, like half the population of Oahu. It’s almost as if you’re not from Hawai’i unless you make the obligatory pilgrimage to Vegas at least […]
The big news for Hawaii Book Blog is that we will be on vacation for the next week! We will be going to Las Vegas tonight for a much needed break from the daily grind. Two red eyes going and coming on Hawaiian Airlines will buffer an exciting trip where we’ll get to see the […]
“Are we there yet?”… “no”…”are we there now?”…”no”…”we’ve gotta be close!”…”nope”. That’s pretty much how the conversation went as we drove from town to Kahuku Public library last Tuesday night after work. Alex was driving per usual, and I was a bit anxious to get there because the library had a special guest, local author […]
Hopefully this week you’ve been visiting a bunch of new book blogs and maybe noticing some things about them you’d like to try yourself. Or maybe you’ve just had some ideas for improvements to your blog you’d like to put into place or new ideas for content. But there’s also probably something you really love […]
I thought it would be nice to highlight a different medium of literature here at Hawaii Book Blog. Comic books and graphic novels have slowly gained respect over the years in literary circles and mainstream media. The format has blossomed over the last few decades, engaging readers with creative and innovative storytelling techniques. Knowing that I enjoy a good […]
In her new book, Teen Wise, Celeste Gonsalves encourages parents to think about the world from the life experience point of view of their teenagers in order to help them improve communication and decision making skills. The social scenarios that she includes in the book are meant to be discussed between students, parents, educators and counselors […]
During our visit to Kapolei Library, Branch Manager Stacie Kanno recommended The Maui Book of Lavender (Watermark, 2008) for us to read and review. I had previously heard about the Maui lavender farm on one of my trips to the Na Mea: Native Books store at Ward Warehouse (they sell products from the farm there). Then the […]
This week is Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW), which is an effort to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers on the Internet. This is Hawaii Book Blog’s first time participating in this celebration and we are excited to learn more about all of the fascinating book blog sites out there. HBB was nominated […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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