Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Edition: First Edition; Very Good/Good Dust Jacket; 345 pages with no index plus the advertisement pages, the book is in very good condition with no remarks or highlights but has yellow foxing in some of the pages. the dust jacket is missing some small fragment at the outer edges. the biggest piece missing is at the lower heel of the spine. first printing first edition with the original dust jacket. the white dust jacket has soil stains( it no longer white). still this is a 1917 book with a dust jacket.
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of Hawaii, a state made up of a string of Pacific Ocean islands.
Emergent readers can expand their horizons and take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world or right in their own backyard through this easy-to-read, nonfiction series.
Library Binding
(Checkerboard Library, Aug. 15, 2009)
Easy-to-read text with bright, full color photographs brings Hawaii to young students. Presented in a simple, easily understandable, "scrapbook" format, kids will truly enjoy opening this travelogue-like book. This 48-page book is filled with current state facts and statistical data. Important historical information segues to up-to-date details on cities, economics, geography, and climate. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.