Moana the Honu Gets Help from Friends Pacific islands studies and when we weren't numbers

and when we weren't numbers

Winner of the Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association's Ka Palapala Po‘okela Honorable Mention for Excellence in LiteratureLinked poems by the award-winning authors of NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW (BR #96)

The authors have striven to represent the collective mana‘o of Tūtū Pukui and their respective kūpuna

Besides the nuances of correspondence between the Queen and her recipients

That connection is explored in Minako Ishii’s flip book May Day/Lei Day

Moana the Honu Gets Help from Friends Pacific islands studies and when we weren't numbersMoana is a Honu, an active Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, one of a happy group of animal friends in the ocean. Moan enjoys the fun and friendship of all the animals and is an adventurous explorer of new things. One day, Moana visits an island of floating marine rubbish and gets entangled in the mess. Moanas friends soon miss her from their play and they begin a frantic search for her. It is Tutu Honus wise advice about working together that helps them