Pua Polu: The Pretty Blue Hawaiian Flower

By Winona Desha Beamer

Pua Polu - Pretty Blue Hawaiian. By: Nona Beamer. Synopsis: This is the tale of a curious little koali, a morning glory, who is determined to see everything going on around her. Beautifully... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581780419
• ISBN13: 9781581780413
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Bishop Museum Pr
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

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Pua Polu the Pretty Blue Hawaiian Flower

A children's picture book in English and Hawaiian, accompanied by a spoken word CD with the story told by Nona Beamer and slack key guitar by Keola Beamer "Pua Polu, the Pretty Blue Flower" is a 32 page children's picture book for young readers. Pua Polu is a story about family and the cycles of life told from the point of view of a koali, a morning glory. Author and Hawaiian elder Nona Beamer blends her experience of the natural world of Hawai'i with songs and bits of information she has gathered through her life. Written in English with a Hawaiian translation, Pua Polü acts as a Hawaiian primer. A koali vine starts growing on the title page of the book with the invitation for keiki, children, to "follow this way." The vine meanders through every page of the story, separating the English text from the Hawaiian, encouraging young readers to follow along and see where it goes. After the story, Nona speaks directly to the readers, explaining how the story of Pua Polu came to be. The book ends with a brief description of the block prints in the story and the ancient Hawaiian block printing technique called ohe kapala.