To Find the Way (Kolowalu Books) [Hardcover]

Susan Nunes (Author), Cissy Gray (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Kolowalu Books | Publication Date: December 1992

Using his knowledge of the sea and stars, Vahi-roa the navigator guides a group of Tahitians aboard a great canoe to the unknown islands of Hawaii.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Teva, a Tahitian boy, travels with his navigating grandfather and a group of settlers to Hawaii in this significant if flawed story. Nunes ( Tiddalick the Frog ) draws on the latest research to re-create the experiences of the Polynesian pioneers who crossed the Pacific hundreds of years ago, guided only by the stars. During the arduous journey, Teva helps to bail out the ship and learns about the waves and the stars. The voyagers triumph, though the elevated prose does not: "Through his tears, Teva looked up at his grandfather. How strong the wayfinder, how sure his knowledge. One day he, Teva, would know his grandfather's sky." In addition to its excessive length, the book is also visually uneven: Gray's somewhat restrained watercolors do little more than unobtrusively accompany the text, and the awkward layout creates barren, unillustrated stretches. Still, the story itself is a worthwhile counterweight to the flux of Columbiana, and may find a place in many multicultural collections. Ages 6-10.
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824813766
• ISBN-13: 978-0824813765
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,795,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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