Ho’onani: Hula Warrior

Ho’onani: Hula Warrior
by Heather Gale (Author) and Mika Song (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Ho’onani feels in-between. She doesn’t see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy).She’s happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way.

When Ho’onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part of it. But can a girl really lead the all-male troupe? Ho’onani has to try . . . Based on a true story

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Carving a Jack-o’-Lantern

Carving a Jack-o’-Lantern (Sequencing Stories)
by Meg Gaertner (Author)

Booktalk: Carmen wants to make a jack-o’-lantern with her family for Halloween. First her father cuts the top off the pumpkin. Then Carmen pulls out the pulp. What comes next? A sequencing story

Snippet: Carmen and her family went to a pumpkin patch yesterday. They picked out a big, round pumpkin.

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

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