Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards 2011 – Winners
Here are the Ka Palapala Poʻokela Award Winners, recognizing Hawaii’s best books published in 2011:
Samuel M. Kamakau Award for Hawai’i Book of the Year
Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art by Adrienne L. Kaeppler (University of Hawaiʻi Press)
Excellence in Children’s Hawaiian Culture
Legend of the Gourd adapted and illus. by Caren Keʻala Loebel-Fried, Hawaiian translation by Kaliko Beamer-Trapp (Bishop Museum Press)
Excellence in Children’s Illustrative/Photographic Books
Legend of the Gourd adapted and illus. by Caren Keʻala Loebel-Fried, Hawaiian translation by Kaliko Beamer-Trapp (Bishop Museum Press)
Excellence in Children’s Literature
Plenty Saimin by Feng Feng Hutchins, illus. by Adriano F. Abatayo III (Island Paradise Publishing)
Excellence in Hawaiian Culture
Mai Paʻa i Ka Leo: Historical Voice in Hawaiian Primary Materials, Looking Forward and Listening Back by M. Puakea Nogelmeier (Bishop Museum Press)
Excellence in Literature
Anshū: Dark Sorrow by Juliet S. Kono (Bamboo Ridge Press)
Excellence in Illustrative or Photographic Books
Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art by Adrienne L. Kaeppler (University of Hawaiʻi Press)
Excellence in Natural Science
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawaiʻi: The Main Islands and Offshore Waters by Jim Denny (University of Hawaiʻi Press)
Excellence in Text or Reference Books
Ancient Sites of Oʻahu: A Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Places of Interest, Revised Edition by Van James (Bishop Museum Press)
Excellence in Cookbooks
The Blue Tomato: The Inspirations Behind the Cuisine of Alan Wong by Alan Wong with Arnold Hiura, photography by David Murphey, Yasuo Kondo and Alan Wong (Watermark Publishing)
Excellence in Special Interest Books
The Polynesian Tattoo Today by Tricia Allen (Mutual Publishing)
Excellence in Nonfiction
Mai Paʻa i Ka Leo: Historical Voice in Hawaiian Primary Materials, Looking Forward and Listening Back by M. Puakea Nogelmeier (Bishop Museum Press)
Excellence in Design
Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art by Adrienne L. Kaeppler (University of Hawaiʻi Press)
Excellence in “Aloha from beyond the Sea Samuel M. Kamakau”
Gaff by Shan Correa (Peachtree Publishers)
People’s Choice Award
The Polynesian Tattoo Today by Tricia Allen (Mutual Publishing)
John Dominis Holt Award
William Hamilton of University of Hawai’i Press
