With summer here, Representative Della Au Belatti and the Makiki Community Library want to help you with your summer reading! In collaboration with Friends of the Makiki Community Library, the Makiki Summer Reading Program is a 6-week program that encourages reading out loud, reading with family members, and reading for fun. Please drop by the […]
Celebrate Reading 2011 will be holding its 14th Annual festival for readers and writers on April 16 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In preparation for this stellar event which brings together students, teachers, readers, writers and authors, we wanted to provide you with a near-complete reading list you can acquaint yourself with to […]
Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate this special occasion we wanted to provide you with a reading list full of interesting mythology and frightening tales, while celebrating the release of a new book that is perfect for the Halloween holiday. This reading list is taken from Alex G. Paman’s excellent reference book Asian Supernatural (Mutual Publishing, […]
In 2008, the Hawaii State Legislature enacted into law that October will be designated Filipino-American History Month to annually commemorate the contributions of Filipino-Americans to Hawaiʻi and the United States.1 104 years ago in 1906, the first sakadas emigrated from the Philippines to Hawaiʻi to work on sugar plantations. Since then, Filipinos have become one […]
Here’s to a Happy Labor Day for all. What will you be doing today? When you think of Labor Day a number of things typically come to mind: the end of summer, the start of NFL season, backyard barbecues, one last hurrah at the beach—that is if you lived somewhere other than Hawaii and the […]
Ever had the desire to be a docent to a famous historical site or museum when you were a kid? Or maybe you’re just wondering what a docent is? And once you do know, of course you will also want to know what they’re reading! I was browsing through the Iolani Palace website recently when […]
March is ‘Women’s History Month’ and there’s a bunch of educational and entertaining material out there to explore. The Hawaii State Library often puts together very useful reading lists and I stumbled upon this collection/ bibliography of books on the extraordinary women of Hawai’i. It’s basically a recommended list of materials by or about notable Hawai’i women […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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