Kapaemahu / by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson ; illustrated by Daniel Sousa.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English, Hawaiian Publisher: New York : Kokila, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593530061
- 0593530063
- Adaptation of (work): Kapaemahu (Motion picture)
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2096 W872 | Available | 33111010995369 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2096 W872 | Available | 33111010871487 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individualsof dual male and female spirit, or Mahu, brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, based on the Academy Award-contending short film.
In the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return this gift with a monument of four boulders in their honor, which the Mahu imbue with healing powers before disappearing.
As time passes, foreigners inhabit the island and the once-sacred stones are forgotten until the 1960s. Though the true story of these stones was not fully recovered, the power of the Mahu still calls out to those who pass by them at Waikiki Beach today.
With illuminating words and stunning illustrations byHinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, and Daniel Sousa, KAPAEMAHU is a monument to an Indigenous Hawaiian legend and a classic in the making.
Parallel text in English and Hawaiian.
Ages 4-8. Kokila.
Grades 2-3. Kokila.
Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers.