This volume features a selection of the ancient Hawaiian mele (songs and chants) collected and recorded in 1923 by anthropologist and musician Helen H. Roberts. The  Roberts Mele Collection, housed at the Bishop Museum Archives, is the most extensive compilation of Hawaiian mele from the early part [...]
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Huakai Makaikai a Kaupo, Maui is a narrative of a journey to a time and place little known in our histories. It is the record of a 1922 trek through rural maui by Bishop Museum anthropologist Kenneth P. Emory and his native Hawaiian guide, Thomas K. Manunupau. Written in the Hawaiian language by Man [...]
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Kamapua‘a, the deified Robin Hood of Hawaiian legend, takes us on another thrilling adventure, this time across his homeland, O‘ahu, where he boldly defies all law and authority for the pursuit of justice and equality for his family. Challenging a supernatural dog for his grandfather and stealin [...]
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Vocabulary is basic to a child's development of intelligence and achievement. This picture vocabulary book provides a very enjoyable and effective means for teaching basic Hawaiian and English vocabulary to children and adults, using the cross-age learning method. The format in which parts of a whol [...]
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                  This book presents the largest collection of Hawaiian poetic compositions written for Queen Emma Kaleleonalani, the wife of King Kamehameha IV. The 204 mele, composed by nearly as many different poets, give readers invaluable and unique perspectives into the life and time [...]
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Kamapua‘a, the Hawaiian pig-god, can change his body at will. One moment he is a virile youth, tempting divine women; in the next, he is a giant boar, ruthlessly devouring his enemies, defiant of all authority. Sometimes he is a nukunuku-a-pua‘a fish, fleeing the burning wrath of Pele's lava, an [...]
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           Moses Manu entices readers past and present with this introduction to the legend of Keaomelemele, published in thirty-one installments of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa in 1884-85. Most of the translation of Manu's work presented here is by Mary Kawena Pukui and her skill in capturing the charm [...]
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With Folktales of Hawai‘i: He Mau Ka‘ao Hawai‘i, Bishop Museum celebrates Mary Kawena Pukui and honors the Hawaiian storytelling tradition. Pukui stands alone in the history of Hawai‘i for her unparalleled contributions to the preservation and revitalization of Hawaiian language and culture. [...]
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Children will delight in this small collection of traditional Hawaiian riddles. Presented in Hawaiian with English translations, children from Hawai‘i and those from around the world can learn about Hawaiian culture and wisdom through these simple riddles. Kimo Armitage is a life-long student of H [...]
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Pua Polu, The Pretty Blue Hawaiian Flower is the tale of a curious little koali, a morning glory, who is determined to see everything going on around her. Against her mother's advice, Pua Polu stays awake long after the sun has set and the rest of her family has gone to sleep. She discovers that the [...]
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