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  • Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia

    Reilly Ridgell

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, June 30, 2006)
    Offers information on all the island groups of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, covering geography, geology, migration, history, climate, and pre-contact lifestyles.

  • Micronesian Legends

    Nancy Bo Flood, Beret E. Strong, William Flood, Connie J. Adams

    Paperback (Bess Pr Inc, April 1, 2002)
    Retells sixty-eight traditional legends of the islands, including creation myths and tales of duhendes, dancing trickster elves of the jungle.

  • Hina and the Sea of Stars

    Michael Nordenstrom

    Turtleback (Bess Pr Inc, Oct. 1, 2003)
    Retells the myth of the Hawaiian goddess Hina, the mother of the Hawaiian people, who makes the bark cloth that forms the clouds, and is the one responsible for the moon and stars being in the sky.
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  • The Musubi Man's New Friend

    Sandi Takayama

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, Sept. 24, 2002)
    In this Hawaiian version of the Gingerbread boy, a surf-loving musubi man tires of outmanuvering his pursuers and finds the fun of the chase fading, until his spirit is restored by a newly created musubi girl with a heart made of SPAM.
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  • Kosraean Alphabet

    Lori Phillips

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, April 30, 2004)
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  • The Magic Shark Learns to Cook

    Donivee Martin Laird, Carol Ann Johnson

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, Nov. 15, 2004)
    A favorite character from Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark returns in a new role. Readers of all ages will laugh at his bumbling attempts to learn to cook, and children and their parents will enjoy making the delicious local recipes charmingly incorporated into the illustrations.
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  • The Hawaiians of Old

    Lilinoe Andrews, Mika'Ala Ayau, Liana I. Honda, Julie Stewart Williams, Betty Dunford

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, Nov. 1, 2002)
    Covers the formation of the Hawaiian islands; the arrival of plants, animals, and the first people; and the way of life of the ancient Hawaiians.
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  • Palauan Alphabet

    Lori Phillips

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, April 30, 2004)
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  • Hawaii Pono: An Ethnic and Political History

    Lawrence H. Fuchs

    Paperback (Bess Pr Inc, June 1, 1997)
    From back cover - Author through meticulous research, brought together the Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and native Hawaiian cultural contributions and detailed the impact of American settlers - plantation entrepreneurs, teachers, missionaries - from the time they assumed control of the islands in 1893 until statehood in 1959. (Description by http-mart, Roy Schoenbeck)

  • Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia

    Reilly Ridgell

    Paperback (Bess Pr Inc, )
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  • The Hawaiians of Old

    Betty Dunford, Elizabeth P. Dunford

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, June 1, 1997)
    Shows the detail and complexity of ancient Hawaiian culture.
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  • Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary

    Kahikahealani Wight, Robin Yoko Racoma

    Hardcover (Bess Pr Inc, June 1, 1997)
    A reference for beginning students of the Hawaiian language includes over 5,000 entries in Hawaiian and English, 2,500 synonyms and related words and phrases, and notes on grammar.
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