Kapaemahu

ISBN-10: 0593530063
ISBN-13: 9780593530061
Author: Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana and Dean Hamer
Illustrated by: Sousa, Daniel
Interest Level: K-3
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: June 2022

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 40

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Interest Level

Grades K-3

Reading Level

Guided Reading: O
Lexile: AD730L
Accelerated Reader Level: 3.3
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT

Description
An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of 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 by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, and Daniel Sousa, KAPAEMAHU is a monument to an Indigenous Hawaiian legend and a classic in the making.
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