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Local Publications
Hawaii Best-sellers
This list of last month's best-selling local titles was compiled using figures from the Hawaii Book Publishers Association and Bookline distributors, and reflects sales by Hawaii-based publishers. Numbers in parentheses indicate a title's previous ranking. Compiled by Nancy Arcayna.
Children's
1. Keiki Friends Dress-Up Dolls, Yuko Green, Island Heritage
2. "Hawaiian Flowers Cut-Out Paper Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
3. "Hawaiian Marine Life Color & Activity Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
4. "Keiki Hula Sticker Paper Doll Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
5. "Humu, The Little Fish Who Wished Away His Colors," Kimberly Jackson, Island Heritage
6. "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Origami for Keiki" Jody Fukumoto, Island Heritage
7. "Golden Children of Hawaii Cut-Out Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
8. "The Little Makana," Bess Press
9. "Honu'ea & Honu Coloring & Activity Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
10. "Baby Honu's Incredible Journey," Tammy Yee, Island Heritage
Gift and Travel
1. "From Fishponds to Warships: Pearl Harbor," Alan Seiden Mutual Publishing
2. "A Little Book of Aloha," Renata Provenzano, Mutual
3. "Maui Revealed, 2nd Edition," Wizard Publications
4. "Maui," Douglas Peebles and Jan TenBruggencate, Mutual
5. "Ultimate Kauai Guidebook 4th Edition," Andrew Doughty & Harriet Friedman, Wizard Publications
6. "Place Names of Pohnpei Island," Bess Press
7. "Pidgin Grammar," Bess Press
8. "Hawaii's Best Local Dishes, "Jean Watanabe Hee, Mutual
9. "Hawaii Big Island Revealed," Andrew Doughty and Harriet Freidman, Wizard Publications
10. "Sam Choy's Sampler," Chef Sam Choy, Mutual
Hawaiiana
1. "Hawaiian Journey," Joseph Mullins, Mutual
2. "Let's Learn Little Hawaiian," Ray Helbig, Hawaiian Service
3. "All About Hawaiian (in Japanese)," Albert Schutz, Island Heritage
4. "Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands," Gavan Daws, University of Hawaii Press
5. "Hawaiian Names, English Names," Eileen Root, Press Pacifica
6. "Ka Lei Ha'aheo: Beginning Hawaiian," Alberta Pualani Hopkins, University of Hawaii Press
7. "Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales: True Local Spine-Tinglers," Rick Carroll, Bess Press
8. "Images of Hawaii's Flowers," Meri Ishikawa, Hawaiian Service
9. "From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i Revised Edition," Haunani-Kay Trask, University of Hawaii Press
10. "Glen Grant's Chicken Skin Tales," Glen Grant, Mutual
Literature
1. "Chicken Soup for the Soul of Hawaii," Health Communications Inc.
2. "Da Jesus Book," Pidgin Bible Translation Group, Anoai Press
3. "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen," Lydia Liliuokalani, Mutual
4. "Mark Twain In Hawaii," Mark Twain, Mutual
5. " Myths and Legends of Hawaii," W. D. Westervelt, Mutual
6. "The Tattoo," Chris McKinney, Mutual
7. "All I Asking For is My Body," Milton Murayama, University of Hawaii Press
8. "Legends and Myths Of Hawaii," David Kalakaua, Mutual
9. "Sons for the Return Home," Albert Wendt, University of Hawaii Press
10. "Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii," Mark Twain, University of Hawaii Press
Reference
1. "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Money Folds," Jodi Fukumoto, Island Heritage
2. "Handy Hawaiian Dictionary," John F. G. Stokes, Mary Kawena Pukui, Henry P. Judd, Mutual
3. "How to Play the Hawaiian Ukulele," University of Hawaii Lab School,Mutual
4. "Things Hawaiian - Guide To Hawaiian Language," Albert Schutz,Island Heritage
5. "New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary," Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert with Esther T. Mookini and Yu Mapuanqa Nishizawa, University of Hawaii Press
6. "Hawaii's Fishes," John Hoover, Mutual
7. "Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds," H. Douglas Pratt, Mutual
8. "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Origami," Jody Fukumoto, Island Heritage
9. "Hawaii's Birds," Hawaii Audobon Society, Island Heritage
10. "Pocket Guide To Hawaii's Flowers," Leland Miyano, Mutual
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