Children’s Literature Hawai‘i (CLH) believes that literature should be a primary part of every child’s education. CLH promotes opportunities to experience, interpret, and create children’s literature through activities such as reading, storytelling, art, drama, song, and scholarly discussion. Learn more on our "Mission" page in the navigation menu below.

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Children's Lit

See what this independent review source of children's/YA books & media is up to.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth

The HI Way won THREE Emmy awards!

HTY is still putting on virtual shows, so please check their website to learn how you can catch their next broadcast.

Read To Me International

Read To Me International had its virtual conference on June 3, 2021 with national best-selling authors Kobi Yamada and Pat Zietlow Miller. See what RTMI will do next by clicking/tapping the button above.

Try Think (Hawai'i Council for the Humanities)

Events after our Conference:

Wednesday June 9 – 6:00-7:30pm HST

Puʻuhonua o Puʻuhuluhulu University: He Kīpuka Aloha ‘Āina no ka ‘Imi Naʻauao—Greg Gushiken, Facilitator
Labor and Social Justice Against the Colonial University: A Union for Radical Solidarity—‘Ilima Long, Facilitator
Shine Your Light Wherever You Go—Seru Tagivakatini, Facilitator

Friday June 25 – 3:30-5:00pm HST

The Next Aloha ‘Āina—‘Ilima Long, Facilitator
Hawai’i Needs to Stand Governing on Its Head—Michael Broderick, Facilitator

Wednesday July 14 – 6:00-7:30pm HST

Hāmākua 2120: A Moʻolelo of Abundance From a Future—Greg Gushiken, Facilitator
The Story of Sisterhood Behind the World’s First Feminist Economy Recovery Plan for COVID-19—Mara Mahoney, Facilitator
Wednesdays With Grandma—Seru Tagivakatini, Facilitator

Friday July 30 – 3:30-5:00pm HST

An Aloha ‘Āina Economy: Give, Take, Regenerate—Ben Treviño, Facilitator
Activist Genealogy: Visions and Enactments of Solidarity Across Black and Kanaka Maoli Movements—‘Ilima Long, Facilitator

Wednesday August 11 – 6:00-7:30pm HST

Haumāna—Noe Tupou, Facilitator
Home is What We Make It—Serena Ngaio Simmons, Facilitator
Food of Our Future Grows From Seeds of Our Past—Seru Tagivakatini, Facilitator

Friday August 27 – 3:30-5:00pm HST

‘Ohana Urbanism—Camille Hampton, Facilitator
Teachers, Public Education and Civic Leadership—Pauline Sato, Facilitator

Wednesday September 8 – 6:00-7:30pm HST

An Aloha ‘Āina Economy: Give, Take, Regenerate—Mara Mahoney, Facilitator

Friday September 24 – 3:30-5:00pm HST

Ancient is Modern: Transforming Public Education for Hawaiians—Camille Hampton, Facilitator
This is Just the Beginning: Climate Change, Positive Peace and the “New Normal”—Pauline Sato, Facilitator

Friday October 29 – 3:30-5:00pm HST

Toward a Smaller, Smarter Correctional System for Hawaiʻi—Michael Broderick, Facilitator
Grounded—Noe Tupou, Facilitator

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