Author | : Daniel A. Kelin |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781573061407 |
Collects 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers on 8 islands and atolls in the Marshall Islands.
Author | : Daniel A. Kelin |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781573061407 |
Collects 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers on 8 islands and atolls in the Marshall Islands.
Author | : Daniel A. Kelin |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781573061414 |
Preserving the qualities of oral storytelling - in fifty stories recorded from eighteen storytellers on eight islands and atolls - the tales in this collection relay the importance of traditional Marshallese values and customs. The collection includes profiles of the storytellers, a glossary, and a pronunciation guide.
Author | : Jack A. Tobin |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2001-10-31 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780824820190 |
Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include tales of origins, humanlike animals, ogres, and sprites--some malevolent, some playful. Many are presented in the original language and are amplified by extensive commentary.
Author | : H. E. Marshall |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1625583745 |
Our Island Story is the "history" of England up to Queen Victoria's Death. Marshall used these stories to tell her children about their homeland, Great Britain. To add to the excitement, she mixed in a bit of myth as well as a few legends.
Author | : Bo Flood |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781573061247 |
Retells sixty-eight traditional legends of the islands, including creation myths and tales of duhendes, dancing trickster elves of the jungle.
Author | : Madelain Westermann |
Publisher | : Ferne Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-09-30 |
Genre | : Marshall Islands |
ISBN | : 9781938326066 |
When you're filled with fear, disappointment, and despair, do you shrink down and hide or do you get up and survive? When Emon realizes what her parents have done to her, she rises up and thrives on her own, so she thinks! Island of the Invisible Being depicts the spirit and determination of the people of the Marshall Islands. Beautifully written and illsutrated, Island of the Invisible Being is a legend that will touch the hearts of all.
Author | : Bo Flood |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781573060783 |
Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the Pacific Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people. --amazon.com.
Author | : Lori Phillips |
Publisher | : Bess Press |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781573062213 |
This book is part of the Island Alphabet Books series, which features languages and childrens' artwork from the U.S.-affiliated Pacific. Each hardcover book contains the complete alphabet for the language, four or five examples for each letter, and a word list with English translations. The series was co-published with Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, a non-profit corporation that works collaboratively with school systems to enhance education across the Pacific.
Author | : Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0816534020 |
"Iep jāltok is a collection of poetry by a young Marshallese woman highlighting the traumas of her people through colonialism, racism, forced migration, the legacy of nuclear testing by America, and the impending threats of climate change"--Provided by publisher.