I dunno about everyone else, but I’m still recovering from this year’s schedule-busting Hawaii Book & Music Festival. But before those post-HBMF blues start here’s a few more big literary events coming up in the next few weeks. The Kauai Writer’s Conference is happening at the end of this month. Put those extra airline miles […]
You don’t have to be a writer of children’s literature to benefit from a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) conference. You just have to be a writer. “I don’t write for children. I write. And somebody says, that’s for children.” Maurice Sendak “You have to write the book that wants to be […]
Today, March 6th is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD)! Celebrate by reading books aloud to friends and family, or donate some books to your local library. Here are a few recent keiki books that are fun to read out loud. We’ve chosen these because of their rhythmic text and creative use of words and […]
Lucy and Lilo Help the Honu is the first children’s book written and illustrated by Mary Kate Wright, published in 2010 from Mutual Publishing. It’s the fun and whimsical tale of two dogs named Lucy and Lilo who enjoy a day at the beach together. While traipsing around in the sand and water, they discover […]
Happy Holidays from Hawaii Book Blog! To thank you all for supporting us and visiting our site we decided to do a bunch of book give-aways! I wanted to announce it sooner but got caught up in everything that is the season. So over the next two weeks we’ll try to post as much as […]
Things are completely heating up here at Barnes & Noble Kahala. Dog the Bounty Hunter is in the store and there is no question as to his popularity…the entire back row of book stacks toward the Music Center side of the store are completely filled with people waiting in line to get an autograph on […]
We are two hours into the First Book-Oahu Book Fair here at Barnes & Noble Kahala and it has been a busy day so far. We’ve already had Midweek’s “Click Chick” Alison Stewart read for storytime, followed by a wild appearance by Clifford the Big Red Dog which got an excited reception from the keiki […]
There’re only 2 DAYS left before our live Rec-Fest to support First Book-Oahu’s Bookfair and Fundraiser at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall! We’d love to review keiki Hawaiiana books suggested by HBB readers but no one has suggested anything yet! And we’re getting closer to our goal of having 50 retweets to encourage people to spread the word […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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