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Legends of old Hawaii : as told by Tutu to her grandchildren / by Betty Allen ; illustrations by Herbe Shade.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 83
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Betty, 1901-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legends--Hawaii.
- Legends.
- Folklore.
- Hawaii.
- Hawaii--Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Taketa, Kelvin (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 92 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- 1963 edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : Tongg Pub. Co., 1963.
- Contents:
- How to pronounce Hawaiian words
- Song of the Taro
- Shark man of Waipio
- Sleeping giant
- Magic banana skin
- Laka's canoe
- Greedy fisherman
- Singing stick
- Puapualenalena
- Heart of the hibiscus
- Blind builders of the sea
- Foolish frog.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy has autograph of Kelvin Taketa on front free endpaper.
- OCLC:
- 17445970
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