Kapaemahu/
Kapaemahu/
Authors: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson. Illustrator: Daniel Sousa
- NY; Kokila/Penguin Random House; 2022
- 50p; 24x24cm
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.
Hawaiian; English
9780593530061
Folk literature
Indigenous societies
PN1-6790 Literature (General)
Hawaii
Illustrated volume
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.
Hawaiian; English
9780593530061
Folk literature
Indigenous societies
PN1-6790 Literature (General)
Hawaii
Illustrated volume