Download or read book A Home for Honu written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Honu written by Peter Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-31 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on twenty years experience observing green turtles, the authors describe turtle behaviour and explain how to find them from shore and while snorkelling, kayaking and diving. Over the years, they have closely followed individual animals and recorded their movements and behaviour.
Download or read book Baby Honu s Incredible Journey written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of a baby turtle as he attempts to crawl to the ocean after being born
Download or read book Honu and Moa written by Edna C. Moran and published by Beachhouse Pub.. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moa, a loudmouth rooster, challenges Honu, a calm green sea turtle, in a race to determine who owns a clear, cool, Hawaiian spring. The bright Sun awakens them early the following morning, and the race begins. Honu uses her strength and perseverance to push against the strong currents of a stream. Moa wastes time sleeping in and then gets sidetracked as he nears the spring. In the end, steadfast Honu wins and boastful Moa is speechless for once. Honu and Moa is a humorous spin on a well-known story, set in beautiful Hawaii featuring characters whose cultural significance continue to influence the islands
Download or read book How Honu the Turtle Got His Shell written by Casey A. McGuire-Turcotte and published by Steck-Vaughn. This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how Honu, a daring Hawaiian sea turtle, becomes the first turtle to have a shell.
Download or read book Ohana Means Family written by Ilima Loomis and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.
Download or read book Honu written by Marion Coste and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1993-10-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marion Coste describes the life cycle of the Hawaiian green sea turtle--from the emergence of the female from the water to scoop a nest in the sand, to the return of the hatchlings to the sea, to the perils of the feeding grounds, and return to the nesting beaches. The second part of the book provides further scientific information about the habitat, feeding habits, adaptations, and breeding cycle of the green turtle.
Download or read book A House in Hana written by Birgitt Van Wormer and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A House in Hana...is the story about Lani Winters, a nursery owner and avid orchid collector in the Hudson Valley, who is of Polynesian descent and was adopted as an infant. Her nursery is struggling, but to make things worse, her boyfriend of six years breaks up with her and wants to be bought out. One day, she suddenly receives a letter from a lawyer in Kahului, Maui, informing her that she inherited a house in Hana from her great-aunt Malani.She travels to Maui and not only to find a house that is in dire need of renovation and has to be fixed up within one year, otherwise it will be sold to an investor who wants to bulldoze it and build oceanfront condos, she also finds out that her mother disappeared from the face of the Earth when she became pregnant and her father, Lani's grandfather, wanted to talk her into having an abortion.When Lani arrives at the house, she finds a painting of a woman who looks exactly like her: It seems that her father was a renowned artist and painted many paintings of her mother and the beautiful tropical surroundings of Hana and Maui. But he also obviously died a mysterious death and all information about his death has been deleted from the internet.Lani also finds a village that has been in a feud since thirty years, divided between the people that were on her great-aunt Malani's side who thought the pregnant girl, Lani's mother, should have all the assistance she could get, and the people that were on the grandfather's side who did not support having a child from a Haole, a white man.Max, the caretaker of the house, who lives in the guesthouse, not only helps Lani evaluate how much work the house needs, but he also helps Lani follow traces of her mother and father while he shows her beautiful sites of Hana and surroundings. They fall madly in love, but when the singer of a Jazz combo shows up at the house more than Lani can tolerate and obviously wants more from Max than just hang out, Lani is not sure whether Max is just using her or really loves her. She withdraws from him until she is sure about his love.The house suffers a final blow which is the straw that breaks the camel's back, but the residents of Hana have a big surprise for Lani.
Download or read book Turtle Key written by Birgitt Andrea Van Wormer and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After cutting all ties, leaving her home in Turtle Key and moving to Boston 17 years ago because of her sister and boyfriend's betrayal, Sienna gets a phone call that they both had a fatal accident. Sienna has to travel back to the Keys to take care of her two nieces and nephew as well as the Sea Turtle Sanctuary that her parents ran when she was a child. Not only does Sienna have no clue how to deal with the three kids who just lost their parents, but the Sea Turtle Sanctuary is bankrupt and needs financial aid. What will Sienna do? Will she meet her true love along the way to find her own secret of life?
Download or read book The Tales of Scuba Steve written by Steven Kamlet and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales of Scuba Steve: Honu's Reef is a about a young boy named Ben, an excited young camper returning to Camp Oneega at the start of summer. Ben quickly reunites with his camp friends, Oliver and Al, and their counselors. As the boys catch up, they begin to wonder whether this is the year they will finally be placed in Scuba Steve's swim group. With luck on their side, they are asked to join Scuba Steve's group...and that's when Ben and the gang are teleported to Hawaii, where they experience undersea adventures with Scuba Steve and the local turtle, Honu!
Download or read book Native Use of Fish in Hawaii written by Margaret Titcomb and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1972-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a lot of information on the importance of fishing in ancient Hawaiian society. It includes drawings of fish with both Hawaiian and scientific names.
Download or read book Going Home written by Gregory W. Boothroyd and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Swimming With Humuhumu written by Ron Hirschi and published by Island Heritage Pub. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of fun follows Maddie and Cole as they discover tropical marine life, surf crystal clear waters and bird watch from the majestic beaches of the Hawaiian Islands. Learn the Hawaiian names of many marine and land creatures that call the Islands home.
Download or read book Clark Little written by Clark Little and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instagram sensation Clark Little shares his most remarkable photographs from inside the breaking wave, with a foreword by world surfing champion Kelly Slater. “One of the world’s most amazing water photographers . . . Now we get to experience up-close these moments of bliss.”—Jack Johnson, musician and environmentalist Surfer and photographer Clark Little creates deceptively peaceful pictures of waves by placing himself under the deadly lip as it is about to hit the sand. "Clark's view" is a rare and dangerous perspective of waves from the inside out. Thanks to his uncanny ability to get the perfect shot--and live to share it--Little has garnered a devout audience, been the subject of award-winning documentaries, and become one of the world's most recognizable wave photographers. Clark Little: The Art of Waves compiles over 150 of his images, including crystalline breaking waves, the diverse marine life of Hawaii, and mind-blowing aerial photography. This collection features his most beloved pictures, as well as work that has never been published in book form, with Little's stories and insights throughout. Journalist Jamie Brisick contributes essays on how Clark gets the shot, how waves are created, swimming with sharks, and more. With a foreword by eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater and an afterword by the author on his photographic practice and technique, Clark Little: The Art of Waves offers a rare view of the wave for us to enjoy from the safety of land.
Download or read book Changelings written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] solid start of a new series . . . fast-paced adventure.”—Publishers Weekly Twin brother and sister Ronan and Murel are true children of Petaybee, the sentient planet that is their home. Like their father, they are changelings, able to converse telepathically with creatures and to transform into seals. The Petaybeans wish to protect the twins from curious scientists, but no one realizes that Ronan and Murel hunger to discover the origins of their shape-shifting talent—and that their search for knowledge will place them in the path of peril. Meanwhile, Petaybee is changing. To investigate its sudden evolution, the twins’ father heads out to the open water in his seal form—and is presumed lost. Only Ronan and Murel, with their remarkable talents of transformation, can hope to find him and bring him home . . . if they dare to risk exposure and face the dangers of the newly unstable sea. “The story is exciting and generously laced with humor, but besides those qualities, the characters . . . and their interactions are so well realized as to utterly charm readers.”—Booklist
Download or read book Honu s Reef written by Steven Kamlet and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales of Scuba Steve: Honu's Reef is about a young boy named Ben, an excited young camper returning to Camp Oneega at the start of summer. Ben quickly reunites with his camp friends, Oliver and Al, and their counselors. As the boys catch up, they begin to wonder whether this is the year they will finally be placed in Scuba Steve's swim group. With luck on their side, they are asked to join Scuba Steve's group...and that's when Ben and the gang are teleported to Hawaii, where they experience undersea adventures with Scuba Steve and the local turtle, Honu! Dive right in and join the adventure! "Where else can you combine the joys of summer camp with the adventure of underwater exploration? The Tales of Scuba Steve: Honu's Reef leads us all on an amazing journey through friendship and discovery in a fun and magical way." -Adam Langbart, Merrick Woods Country Day School & Camp "Through Steve's words, I could sense the incredible and passionate human writer he is, who cares about our future generations. As a marine conservationist and diver, I enjoyed reading this amazing book and I support his mission. This adventure will help the next generation not only to increase their confidence in the diving world, but will also foster a desire to learn and protect the important life support system of our oceans and its creatures. This book is a unique and special gift to help kids build a beautiful relationship with our oceans and encourage them to follow their aquatic dreams!" -Regina Domingo, Executive Director and Founder of the Nakawe Project
Download or read book Mana Cards written by Catherine Kalama Becker and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
