Menehune and the Nene (Treasury of Children's Hawaiian Stories)

by Susan Yamashita

Book Overview

By the time four menehunes decide what to do with the nene egg they find, it hatches and the nene (goose) soon grows large enough to save them from an erupting volcano. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916630420
• ISBN13: 9780916630423
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Pr Pacifica
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.5" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Hawaiian Leprechauns!

This is a lovely story for kids and adults. Join the four menehune named Aka, Peke, Elema and Puluke as they run into a nene (goose) egg and decide that this would be a great meal. Our four friends, however, are out of luck when the egg hatches and a baby nene emerges and adopts Ake as its mother. What are four little menehune to do? I was very fortunate to have stumbled upon this delightful folktale and to see the menehune struggle with situations that are beyond their control. The illustrations are very colorful and truly lovely. This is a great read and would be a wonderful gift to any young (or older) reader.

A fun Hawaiian children's story that I still think about

When I was a little girl, my grandparents went to Hawaii. When they returned, they brought me this book as a present, and it soon became my favorite. I would ask for it each night we went to visit my grandparents. As I grew older, I almost forgot about the little men of Hawaii and their goose. Years later, my grandparents' house had to be sold, and this book was one of the few things I took with me to my house. Perhaps someday I will read it to my children....