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 […]
posted by A.Alba If Season 3 of American Idol proved anything, it’s that the people of Hawaii can band together and show the strength, support and unity of `ohana that only our state can do. Jasmine Trias probably wasn’t considered one of the top three Idol contestants that year, but because of the passionate support […]
posted by A.Alba The second stop on our Hawaii Public Library Tour 2009 is Aiea Library, found nestled next to Aiea Town & Village Square shopping centers off of Moanalua Road. Having only been there a couple times in the past, we didn’t expect to find the wealth of character that we did in this […]
The first stop on our Public Library Tour was Kapolei! We met with Branch Manager, Stacie Kanno to talk about the unique role that the Kapolei Library plays in the Leeward community. I thought I knew quite a bit about how the system worked, but Stacie really enlightened me on some of the challenges libraries, especially […]
posted by M.L. Sanico Happy Birthday to Queen Lili’uokalani! This year is especially important because it is the 100th anniversary of the Queen’s Trust, which was set up to help care for Hawai’i’s children and needy families. Liliu’okalani was also a great patron of the arts. She founded the keiki hula festival, composed over 100 songs, and […]
posted by M.L. Sanico Oahu’s youngest library is turning 5 years old! To celebrate, the Friends of the Kapolei Library are hosting a book sale this Saturday, August 29th from 9-5 pm. Special musical guests, the Spring Wind Quintet-one of the nation’s leading woodwind quintets for chamber music, will hold a concert performance in the […]
We’ve already begun reading books for the “Support Public Libraries” challenge that we signed up for on JKaye’s blog. But as I mentioned in this previous post, simply checking out, reading and reviewing 25 books by December 31st isn’t enough of a challenge for us. We REALLY want to support Hawaii’s Public Libraries because of […]
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Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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