Three books celebrating Hawaiian culture and traditions make wonderful gifts for friends and family. Sending gifts to the mainland? Mail a warm reminder of the be [...]
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FORTHCOMING DECEMBER 2009 Originally serialized in the Hawaiian language newspaper Kuokoa Home Rula from January 1909 to April 1910, this new edition of Ka Mo‘olelo Hiwahiwa o Kawelo presents Ho‘oulumahiehie's text in modernized Hawaiian with notes and an introduction by Native Hawaiian scholar [...]
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This book comes from Patrick Ka`ano`i, a Native Hawaiian trained by his kupuna, and has much wisdom documented nowhere else. Unique to this work is an [...]
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Kepelino, like native Hawaiian historians Malo, Kamakau, and Papa 'I'i, worked in the mid-19th century to record Hawaiian historical, cultural, and religious knowledge for future generations. He wrote during a time of great intellectual ferment among Native Hawaiians, creating the bulk of his work b [...]
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This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their a [...]
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Ha'ena by Carlos Andrade by Carlos Andrade The complex history of the rich and fertile ahupua‘a of Hā‘ena in north Kaua‘i is revealed [...]
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The mele contained in this book are fundamental to hula Pele and reflect a vast and dynamic Hawai'i worldview. These mele have been preserved for centuries via oral traditions, the sacred hula of Hawai'i, and, more recently, in twentieth-century written texts. Lele Kawa offers original translations [...]
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Fourth in Wichman’s series of Kaua‘i tales, Pele Ma is a collection of stories that tell of the life and exploits of Pele, Kamapua‘a, Hi‘iaka, Lohi‘au, and their companions. Although Pele is always associated with the Big Island, these retellings remind us that the Pele legends have a str [...]
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This is Frederick Wichman's second collection of legends from the island of Kaua'i. The volume is rich in Hawaiian mythology and storytelling tradition and is accompanied by fine pen and ink drawings by Christine Faye. Visit the Read the rest of this entry »

This 18-story collection is rich in legend and early Kaua'i history. Frederick B. Wichman has gathered these stories from many sources: some written down and some told to the author by Jacob Maka of Ha'ena in the oldest tradition of storytellying--word of mouth. Many of the stories help explain loc [...]
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