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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.
Children's
1. "Hawaiian Flowers Cut-Out Paper Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (1)
2. "Keiki Friends Dress-Up Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (4)
3. "Limu -- The Blue Turtle," Kimo Armitage, Island Heritage (3)
4. "Hawaiian Marine Life Color & Activity Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (2)
5. "Humu, The Little Fish Who Wished Away His Colors," Kimberly Jackson, Island Heritage (8)
6. "Keiki Hula Sticker Paper Doll Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
7. "Honu'ea and Honu: Red and Green Sea Turtles of Hawaii," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (6)
8. "Golden Children of Hawaii Cut-Out Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (5)
9. "Goodnight Gecko," Gill McBarnet, Ruwanga Trading (10)
10. "Baby Honu's Incredible Journey," Tammy Yee, Island Heritage (9)
Gift and Travel
1. "Hawaii's Best Pupu & Potluck," Jean Watanabe Hee, Mutual Publishing (1)
2. "From Fishponds to Warships: Pearl Harbor," Alan Seiden, Mutual (4)
3. "Choy of Seafood -- Pacific Harvest," Sam Choy, Mutual
4. "Hawaii Big Island Revealed," Andrew Doughty and Harriet Freidman, Wizard Publications (5)
5. "Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, 4th Edition," Andrew Doughty & Harriet Friedman, Wizard Publications (9)
6. "Reflections of Kauai," Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi, Island Heritage (9)
7. "Maui Revealed Ultimate Guidebook," Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman, Wizard Publications
8. "Capturing Kauai," David Boynton, Mutual Publishing
9. "A Little Book of Aloha," Renata Provenzano, Mutual
10. "Sweet Paradise," Diana Hansen-Young, Mutual (10)
Hawaiiana
1. "He Mele Aloha -- Hawaiian Songbook," Carol Wilcox, Kimo Hussey, Vicky Hollinger and Puakea Nogelmeier, Oli 'Oli Productions (1)
2. "Waikiki, Magic Beside the Sea," Allan Seiden, Island Heritage
3. "On the Road Again -- Hana Audio Tour," Raw Fish Productions
4. "Hawaii Blossoms," Hargreaves & Hargreaves, Island Heritage (2)
5. "Let's Learn Little Hawaiian," Ray Helbig, Hawaiian Service (5)
6. "Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands," Gavan Daws, UH Press (8)
7. "All About Hawaiian (in Japanese)," Albert Schutz, Island Heritage (3)
8. "Hawaiian Journey," Joseph Mullins, Mutual (6)
9. "Na Lei Makamae: The Treasured Lei," Marie A. McDonald and Paul R. Weissich, UH Press
10. "Hawaiian Mythology," Martha Beckwith, UH Press
Literature
1. "Chicken Soup for the Soul of Hawaii," Health Communications Inc. (5)
2. "Pele and the Rivers of Fire," Bess Press
3. "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen," Lydia Liliuokalani, Mutual Publishing (6)
4. "Da Jesus Book," Pidgin Bible Translation Group, Anoai Press (3)
5. "Pearl Harbor: The Way It Was," Scott Stone, Island Heritage (4)
6. "Mark Twain in Hawaii," A. Grove Day, Mutual (8)
7. "Legends and Myths of Hawaii," David Kalakaua, Mutual Publishing (9)
8. "Myths and Legends of Hawaii," W.D. Westervelt, Mutual Publishing (10)
9. "Perils of Paradise," Rita Beamish, Bess Press
10. "Potiki," Patricia Grace, UH Press
Reference
1. "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Money Folds," Jodi Fukumoto, Island Heritage (1)
2. "Hawaii's Fishes," John Hoover, Mutual Publishing
3. "Making Eyelash Crochet Leis," Coryn Tanaka and May Masaki, Bess Press (4)
4. "How to Play the Hawaiian Ukulele," University of Hawaii Lab School, Mutual Publishing (3)
5. "Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds," H. Douglas Pratt and Douglas Peebles, Mutual (5)
6. "Things Hawaiian -- Guide to Hawaiian Language," Albert Schutz, Island Heritage (2)
7. "Handy Hawaiian Dictionary," John F.G. Stokes, Mary Kawena Pukui, Henry P. Judd, Mutual Publishing (6)
8. "New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary," Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert with Esther T. Mookini and Yu Mapuanqa Nishizawa, UH Press (9)
9. "Hawaii's Birds," Hawaii Audobon Society, Island Heritage
10. "Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Flowers," Leland Miyano and Douglas Peebles, Mutual Publishing (7)
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