Dylan's Birthday Present - Hawaiian Edition

A sweet and colorful picture book with a positive message about our multicultural multilingual world that will appeal to all language-loving families. -- Adam Beck author of Maximize Your Child's Bilingual AbilityThis book should be on bookshelves in every multilingual home to help empower kids and develop their ‘superpower’ of speaking in different languages. -- Shelley Admont award-winning author KidKiddos BooksElementary school children everywhere will enjoy re-reading this story over and over again. -- Nikki Prša (American polyglot)? Awards ?:1st Place: Best Illustrations (Purple Dragonfly Award)1st Place: Cultural Diversity (Purple Dragonfly Award)Golden Award (Mom's Choice Award)Honorable Mention: Picture Books 5 & Younger (Purple Dragonfly Award)Brain Child Book Award (Tillywig Award)Little Polyglot Adventures Series (Vol. 1): Dylan's Birthday Present / K? Dylan Makana L? H?nau - Hawaiian Children's Book This is the Hawaiian edition of this children's book. It is also available in several other languages in both monolingual and bilingual versions. Summary in English:Dylan is an American boy like many others. One thing makes him special though: his parents come from other countries and speak to him in different languages. It's his birthday today and he receives a very unusual present only to lose it shortly after. Together with his best friend Emma a sweet bilingual girl born to South African parents Dylan sets out to find his lost birthday present. During their search the two friends learn about the value of friendship of speaking different languages and of appreciating one's own as well as others' cultural and linguistic background.If you are looking for a Hawaiian children's book that will help your child see the value in speaking other languages in being multicultural and that will hopefully get them excited about learning languages this book is a great choice.Summary in Hawaiian (??lelo Hawai?i):He keiki k?ne ?o Dylan no ?Amelika e like aku n? me ka nui. Ho?okahi n? na?e ona mea e k?ikaw? ai: no n? ??ina like ?ole kona mau m?kua a wala?au n? me ia ma n? ??lelo like ?ole. ?O kona l? h?nau k?ia a he makana k?ikaw? loa k?na e nalowale auane?i. Me ke k?kua p? ?ana mai o kona hoa pili ?o Emma he kaikamahine lau ??lelo ?olu?olu na ka ?elua mau m?kua no ?Apelika Hema huaka?i akula ?o Dylan ma ka ?imi ?ana a loa?a k?na makana l? h?nau nalowale. Ma ia huaka?i a?o n? hoa pili ?elua i ke ko?iko?i o ka pilina hoa pili ka ??lelo i n? ??lelo like ?ole a me ka mahalo p? i ka ?ike mo?omeheu a me ka ??lelo o k?l? me k?ia kanaka.