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The Boy Who Tricked the GhostsBy Ellie CroweIllustrated by Tammy Yee 2003, 36 pages, hardback. |
ORDER -- Item #3255, Price $15.99
This tale is of Ka'ulu, a real-life Hawaiian hero.
Tammy Yee was born in Honolulu, where she grew up amidst a menagerie of pet lizards, bugs, fish, tadpoles and turtles. Her love of nature and her sons' endless request for bed-time stories inspired her first children's book, Baby Honu's Incredible Journey. Since then, she has written and/or illustrated 19 books.
A self-taught artist and former pediatric nurse, Tammy has also lived in Boston and Hilo. She now lives in windward O'ahu with her husband and two sons, where she enjoys playing with Legos, catching bugs, searching for the perfect tide pool, and creating more books for keiki.
Book Description from the Front Cover Flap
Ka'ulu, the young troublemaker, was in big trouble. His uncle, the king of Maui, banished him to the island of Lana'i. This was almost certainly a death sentence. Lana'i was a dreaded island, inhabited by man-eating ghosts and a feared sorceress. All Hawaiians feared Lana'i. They feared the place so much that no one lived there for 500 years.Ka'ulu was only a young boy. Could he manage to survive? Could he trick the ghosts?
Short Description from the Back Cover
This is the story of Ka'ulu, a real-life mischiefmaker who lived on the Hawaiian island of Maui and then is banished to the island of Lana'i more than five centuries ago. It is a story of cunning and triumph.
Background on the Author and Illustrator
Ellie Crowe is the author if historical/cultural travel guide Exploring Lost Hawai'i, Places of Power, History, Mystery and Magic; children's books, Little Princess Ka'iulani in Her Garden by the Sea, The Littlest Paniolo, Little Spring Eggs, and Magic Moon Dreams; and biographies, Duke's Olympic Feet, and Kamehameha, the Boy Who Became a Warrior King. She has lived in Honolulu for 14 years with her husband, Will, and their three children, Juliet, Caroline and Adam.
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