The Humpherys Family

Moke & Poki in the Rain Forest

Record Added: 12/21/2010
Author Mamoru Funai
Illustrator Mamoru Funai
Series An I Can Read Book
Setting United States
Topic Fairytales, Myths, Folklo
Publisher Harper & Row Publishers
ISBN 0060219262   Year 1972
Age 4-8   Pages 59
Description Printed binding
 
The adventures of two menehunes living in the rain forest of Hawaii.
Notes
In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune [pronounced meh-neh-HOO-neh] are said to be a people, sometimes described as dwarfs in size, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Islands, far from the eyes of normal humans. Their favorite food is the maiʻa (banana), but they also like fish.

The Menehune were said to be superb craftspeople. Legends say that the Menehune built temples, fishponds, roads, canoes, and houses. They are said to have lived in Hawaiʻi before settlers arrived from Polynesia many centuries ago.

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