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Oct.01.2012
Count Me In! uses the figurative ceramics of Mexican ceramists: Guillermina, Josefina, Irene and Concepcion Aguilar to teach children their numbers. Figures representing an annual parade in the State of Oaxaca march across the pages.  Children learn about an important cultural festival as well...
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Dec.29.2011
Keiki learn the numbers 1-10 using Hawaiian animals and plants, and more. Written in both Hawaiian and English. A matching wooden puzzle is also available, reinforcing counting skills.
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Dec.29.2011
Learning opposites has never been more fun. Written in a rhyming fashion to help keiki develop a tune that will aid in sustaining long term memory.
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Dec.29.2011
Follow Mo'o and his ladybug friend as they discover the colors of the islands in this bright and bold board book.
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Dec.29.2011
A fresh and silly Hawaiian adaptation of "The House That Jack Built," done in fun-filled rebus form so that young children can "read" along. What's a rebus? It's a puzzle where words or phrases are replaced by pictures of letters, objects or signs. Who doesn't love a rebus?
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Dec.29.2011
Keiki will delight in finding a star hidden in a tide pool (sea star) and a triangle in a lunchbox (musubi). Written in child pleasing rhyme, this fun filled lift-the-flap book introduces basic shapes through familiar Hawaiian scenes: at the beach, in the park and Iolani Palace, too.
Cover image Ten Mice for Tet
Dec.01.2011
Ten Mice for Tet illustrates a mouse family's preparations for the Vietnamese New Year. Each page of this work was hand embroidered by master artisan, Pham Viet Dinh, in the village of Quat Dong.  Quat Dong is a village outside of Ha Noi.  It is the town where the art of embroidery began...
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Nov.28.2011
    Seemingly the typical alphabet book with large type, this volume stands out for its artwork: gorgeous animal wood sculptures created in Oaxaca. Every letter is illustrated with a full-page photograph of a colorful hand-carved animal whose name either begins with or includes...
Book cover Colores de la vida
Nov.28.2011
  Colores de la Vida introduces young children to color vocabulary in Spanish and English.  Each page has a separate group or groupings of animals.  Some of the animals appear to be engaged in conversation making fantasy dialogue for young children possible.  The book also...
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Sep.29.2011
Presenting Princess Prunella, the pill. Proud, prissy, and peevish, she lives in a pink palace with her pinheaded parents, her three plump pussycats, and her prize puppydog, Pug. Her aspirations? To marry a pinheaded prince, with piles of pinmoney, who will praise and pamper her. A perfectly...