KA PALAPALA PO'OKELA AWARDS (2019)

(Awards are hosted on a biennial basis, so 2019 covers books published in 2017-2018.)

SAMUEL M. KAMAKAU AWARD

  • Hoʻoulu Hawaiʻi: The King Kalākaua Era - Winner

CHILDREN'S HAWAIIAN CULTURE

  • Ke Kiʻowai ʻo Honokawailani: A bilingual story of ʻEwa, Oʻahu - Winner
  • Pāhana ʻĀina Lupalupa - Set 1 (Honorable Mention)
  • Hiʻiaka Battles the Wind
  • Māui Slows the Sun
  • Kōlea and the Chief's Cloak
  • Puhala and the Temple of Refuge
  • Kānehūnāmoku, A Story of Old Hawaiʻi

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

  • Kōlea and the Chief's Cloak - Winner
  • Have You Seen Claudia? (Honorable Mention)
  • Ke Kiʻowai ʻo Honokawailani: A bilingual story of ʻEwa, Oʻahu
  • Pāhana ʻĀina Lupalupa - Set 1
  • Honu and Moa
  • Keala and the Hawaiian Bird
  • 10 Little Geckos
  • Kona and His Hard Shell
  • Pono the Garden Guardian
  • Tako Lends a Helping Hand
  • A is for Aloha, 2nd edition
  • My Best Friend

COOKBOOKS

  • Lynette Lo Tomʻs Back in the Day: Enjoy Hawaiʻi's Comfort Foods from Family and Friends - Winner
  • Hawaiʻi's Rice Cooker Cookbook (Honorable Mention)
  • The Musubi Book

DESIGN

  • Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing - Winner
  • Hoʻoulu Hawaiʻi: The King Kalākaua Era (Honorable Mention)
  • Life of the Land: Articulations of a Native Writer
  • The Musubi Book
  • What We Must Remember
  • The Best of Aloha Shorts

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY

  • Nā Wāhine Koa: Hawaiian Women for Sovereignty and Demilitarization - Winner (Tie)
  • Hoʻoulu Hawaiʻi: The King Kalākaua Era - Winner (Tie)
  • Liliʻuokalani: A Royal Album
  • Hoʻi Hou Ka Mauli Ola: Pathways to Native Hawaiian Health
  • In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885
  • Kalaupapa Place Names: Waikolu to Nihoa
  • Life of the Land: Articulations of a Native Writer

ILLUSTRATION / PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Māori and Their Polynesian Ancestors - Winner
  • Kona and His Hard Shell (Honorable Mention)
  • 10 Little Geckos
  • Have You Seen Claudia?
  • How About a Pineapple?
  • Malie the Mano
  • Ocean Friends 1-2-3
  • Pono the Garden Guardian
  • Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke
  • Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaiʻi

LITERATURE

  • The Charm Buyers - Winner
  • What We Must Remember (Honorable Mention)
  • The Best of Aloha Shorts
  • The Nakamura Letters: A Hawaiian Mystery Told in Emails
  • The Paradise Pursuit

NON-FICTION

  • Light in the Queen's Garden: Ida May Pope, Pioneer for Hawaiʻi's Daughters, 1862-1914 - Winner
  • Remember Pearl Harbor (Honorable Mention - Tie)
  • In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 (Honorable Mention - Tie)
  • Life of the Land: Articulations of a Native Writer
  • Hoʻoulu Hawaiʻi: The King Kalākaua Era
  • The Goodfather
  • Tadaima! I Am Home: A Transnational Family History
  • The Hawaiian Horse
  • Island Memoirs: The Days of Our Youth
  • One Voice: My Life, Times and Hope for Hawaiʻi
  • Rise of the Rainbow Warriors

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Ka Baibala Hemolele: The Holy Bible - Winner
  • The Musubi Book (Honorable Mention)
  • Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke
  • Sony FS7 / Quick Start and Basic Reference
  • Legends of Māui, the Demi-God of Polynesia and of his mother Hina
  • Hiker's Guide to the Hawaiian Islands: Updated and Expanded

TEXT OR REFERENCE

  • Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Māori and Their Polynesian Ancestors - Winner
  • Kalaupapa Place Names: Waikolu to Nihoa (Honorable Mention)
  • Hawaiʻi's White Tern: Manu-o-Kū, an Urban Seabird

ALOHA FROM ACROSS THE SEA

  • Power of the Steel-tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History - Winner
  • Even Further West (Honorable Mention)
  • Lady in the Window