Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 11, 1 November 1987 — Kupu: HeMau Moʻolelo No Ke Au Hou [ARTICLE]

Kupu: HeMau Moʻolelo No Ke Au Hou

Look out Goldilocks and Sleeping Beauty! As part of Ho'olako: Celebrate the Hawaiian 1987, the Ho'olako Publications Committee is pleased to announee the publication of a eolleehon of original Hawaiian children's stories that will be available in early December, just in time for Christmas.

Entitled Kupu: He Mau Mo'olelo No Ke Au Hou (Stories For a New Era), the book features nine original children's stories, eaeh of whieh focuses on a Hawaiian cultural value or concept. The stories were all written by young Hawaiians especially for Ho'olako. The book features liveiy pen and ink illustrations by renowned Hawaiian artist 'Imaikalani Kalahele, while its bi-lingual text was translated into Hawaiian by respect language expert and scholar Aunty Sarah Nakoa. Values such as Kokua, 'Ohana, Laulima and Aloha 'Aina are featured, while cultural concepts like Ho'o-

ponopono and Koa are explained. As in Aesop's Fables, the stories in Kupu use both human and animal characters to express moral values. Characters like la2y Limahana the pua'a who refused to help his family work, and Ka'imi the quiet litt!e boy who wanted all the wisdom in the world, help to bring these concepts alive in a way that contemporary children ean relate to and that everyone ean eniov.

Kupu: He Mau Mo'olelo No Ke Au Hou was eonceived and created by a project sub-committee of the Ho'olako Publications Committee. Project chairperson is Puanani Fernandez-Akamine. Other committee members include: Kalama Akamine, Leina'ala Kaina, Ke'ala Kwan and Sarah Nakoa. Advisory committee members are: LeRoy Akamine, Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell and Marsha Heu Bolson.

I ' Kupu: He Mau Mo'olelo No Ke Au Hou Order Now and Receive 20% off the retail prite! By ordering Kupu through Ho'olako, you are entitled to a 20% discount off the regular retail price of $12.50. Name: Telephone: I Address:

j Please send me copies of Kupu, at $10.00 eaeh (discounted price), plus $2.40 postage and handling j per book. Enclosed is my eheek or money order for I | Send your eoupon order and eheek to: Ho'olako, Celebrate the Hawaiian 1987, 567 S. King Street, Suite 178, j Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813. Tel. (808) 533-3729 Attention: Tiona Wailehua. I