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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
folk tale
Copyright Year
2022-06-07
Page Count
40
Publisher
Kokila
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780593530061
Lexile
730
Themes
Indigenous peoples & storytellers

Kapaemahu

Written by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu & Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson and Illustrated by Daniel Sousa

An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Mahu, brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, based on the Academy Award–contending short film.

In the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return this gift with a monument of four boulders in their honor, which the Mahu imbue with healing powers before disappearing.
 
As time passes, foreigners inhabit the island and the once-sacred stones are forgotten until the 1960s. Though the true story of these stones was not fully recovered, the power of the Mahu still calls out to those who pass by them at Waikiki Beach today.

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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
folk tale
Copyright Year
2022-06-07
Page Count
40
Publisher
Kokila
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780593530061
Lexile
730
Themes
Indigenous peoples & storytellers
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