Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 6, 1 June 2006 — Hawaiian and English Cross-Age Learning Picture Vocabulary Book [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hawaiian and English Cross-Age Learning Picture Vocabulary Book

Translations by Kawika Kapahulehua Illustrations by Jeri J. Johnston Bishop Museum Press; $9.95 This coloring book uses illus-

trations of various real world situations - ranging from cooking a meal at home to a visit to the doctor to working in a computer lab - to teach keiki more than 800 practical words, many of them modern, like intravenous bag ('eke wai lā'au) or flatbed scanner (nūkini ho'oili ki'i). Translated by Ni'ihau native and former Hōkūle'a captain Kawika Kapahulehua, the book is intended to be used by children a eouple of years part to encourage dialogue between them.