You’ve baked and frosted cookies, done some Christmas crafts, decorated the house and sung numerous carols. You’ve already read and watched all the classics. What can you do to keep the momentum going this holiday? Here are some new (and a few old) local suggestions for books to read with the kids this season. Need a funny Christmas story at […]
We here at Hawaii Book Blog LOVE the Geckos series of keiki board books. You need only read our previous reviews of Gecko books, Geckos Make a Rainbow and Geckos Up, Geckos Down, to see that we are consistently charmed by Jon J. Murakami’s fun and adorable gecko caricatures. Geckos 12 Days of Christmas (BeachHouse, […]
Holiday Huki-Links is a special edition of Huki-Links where we share all of the holiday book gift guides we’ve been reading and finding on the Internet. It’s essentially our guide to gift guides! There’s lots of great book lists out there, and we’re always looking for the next great thing to read, so if you’re […]
[gn_quote] Decades after the August AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and its sister cities, Pliny the Younger chronicled how his beloved neighborhood had disappeared into the earth. Frances Kakugawa is Pliny the Younger to a modern Pompeii called Kapoho. [/gn_quote] Whenever I hear the name Frances H. Kakugawa, I tend to think of three […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. [gn_divider] Now on to the events… Friday, December 16 Special Children’s Storytime – Come to Wahiawa for children’s storytime this December! Fun for the keiki and family. Wahiawa Public Library; 10:00 A.M. For more information please call 622-6345. […]
Little Mouse’s Hawaiian Christmas Present (Mutual Publishing, 2011) by Mora Ebie and illustrated by Holly Braffett is one of this season’s cutest Christmas books for kids. Little Mouse is having a problem we can all relate with. He hasn’t been able to find a Christmas present for his Mom and Dad. As the holiday approaches Little […]
Calabash Books, established in 2007, create finely illustrated children’s picture books that traverse the cultures along the Pacific Rim through fun and engaging stories. In previous installments, the author team of Tamara Montgomery and Jodi Parry Belknap along with illustrator Joseph P. Dodd have taken readers on an award-winning ride from Indonesia to the North […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. Book Fairs From Friday to Saturday at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall; they will welcome friends, family and students of Kaimuki Middle School. Support the school and get started on Christmas shopping right at the […]
News Release from the Honolulu Academy of Arts Newsletter Escape the holiday madness with seven great film adaptations of great novels at the Doris Duke Theatre located in the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Included in the series are films from five great story telling nations— USA, UK, France, Italy and Japan—that you may not […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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