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2005
Ka Palapala Po‘okela
Awards
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From
left to right: Meleanna
Meyer (artist who guided the student
illustrators), Kū
Kahakalau (principal of Kanu o ka ‘Āina New
Century
Public
Charter
School), Joseph Kaiponohea Stender (author), and Joseph
Stender (author's father)
Winner
2005 Ka Palapala Po‘okela awards for Hawai‘i Book of
the Year, Excellence in
Children’s Books, and Excellence in Illustration
(Technical)
Honorable Mention 2005 Ka Palapala Po‘okela awards
for Excellence in Children’s Hawaiian
Culture and Excellence in Children’s Illustrative
Books.
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Don
Robinson
accepts an award for his illustration work on Mr.
Miyataki’s Marvelous Machine by Tandy Newsome,
published by Island Heritage, which won in the
Children’s Illustrative or Photographic Books
category.
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Jane
Gillespie
accepted many awards on behalf of Mutual Publishing,
publisher of Ku‘e: Thirty Years of Land Struggle in
Hawai‘i, by photographer Ed Greevy; as well as on
behalf of her own company, BeachHouse Publishing.
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Jon
de Mello
and Leah Bernstein from the Mountain Apple
Company accepted the Award of Excellence for General
Hawaiian Culture given to Hawaiian Son: The Life and
Music of Eddie Kamae by James D. Houston with Eddie
Kamae, published by ‘Ai Pohaku Press in association
with The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation. The book also won
in the Nonfiction category.
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Juliet
S. Kono won
the Award of Excellence for Writing Literature for her
book, Ho‘olulu Park and the Pepsodent Smile
and other stories, published by Bamboo Ridge Press.
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The
Fish and Their Gifts/Na Makana a Na I‘a published
by Kamehameha Schools Press received the Samuel M.
Kamakau trophy for the Hawaii Book of the Year. Shown
here are Henry Bennett (KSP director), Joshua
Kaiponohea Stender, Dr. Ku Kahakalau, Meleana
Meyer, and Waimea Williams.
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Keith
and Carmen Haugen entertained
on stage while attendees arrived and settled in at the
Mission Memorial Auditorium.
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Presenters
for the evening, shown taking a break from their podium
work, were Steve Hirashima, University of Hawai`i
Press, and Angie Britten, Mutual Publishing.
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Artists
Roy Chang and Leonard Villanueva were
among avid browsers of the 69 titles nominated in the
2005 awards.
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