Pono: The Way of Living Children's Literature FINALIST in the Benjamin Franklin

FINALIST in the Benjamin Franklin Awards Childrens Book & Audiobook category

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Pono: The Way of Living Children's Literature FINALIST in the Benjamin FranklinWhen confronted with the question, what is the greatest Hawaiian value(s)? researcher and scholar Malcolm Nea Chun, after a very long period of consideration, decided it had to be pono. What about lokahi, aloha, ola, mahalo, or other buzz words used today to describe Native Hawaiian value(s)s? In Pono: The Way of Living, Chun explores why pono is the core value(s) for critical Native Hawaiian thinking and decision making. He uses traditional and