Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions holiday Includes companion Read Along CD–Narrated

Includes companion Read Along CD–Narrated by Aaron Mahi

better known as Blessed Father Damian of Moloka‘i

personal recollections and compilations of words

Kris Kristofferson

Bishop Museum Press has reprinted Lā‘au Hawai‘i: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants in celebration of the 100th birthday of the author

Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions holiday Includes companion Read Along CD–NarratedOnce in Old Hawaii, in the days when anything was possible, supernatural kupua roamed the islands, challenging kings and chiefs, tricking men, women, and boys. The Hawaiian people would tell and retell tales of kupua exploits, and of the men who challenged them. Some of the tall tales included in this volume are of shape shifters like Shark Man of Ewa, who could change from man to shark, from shark to rat, from rat to a bunch of bananas. Others are of