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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
ARCHIVES
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CATEGORIES
Aloha From Across The Sea
Children's Hawaiian Culture
Children's Literature
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Design
Hawaiian
Illustration / Photography
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Special Interest
Text Or Reference
PUBLISHERS
Ai Pohaku Press
Bamboo Ridge Press
Beach House Publishing
Duke University Press
Hawaiian Heritage Press
Honolulu Museum of Art
Island Heritage
Kahala Press
Kamehameha Publishing
Legacy Isle Publishing
Ma Ka Hana Ka 'Ike
Mutual Publishing
On the Wing Publishing
Petroglyph Press, Ltd.
Puhala Publishing
Select Books
University Of Hawai'i Press
Unsolicited Press
Watermark Publishing