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Bess Press Continues Its Mission Of Providing Relevant Books For Island Readers
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ers sets in Marshallese, Chuukese and Hawaiian.
simple sentences via situ- ations such as going to a farmers market, taking a dive underwater, going to a lūʻau, heading to the fififirst day of school or just helping around the house.
weekly basis. We offer read- ers access to a digital data- base with over one million titles, any of which can be ordered in stores and shipped directly to their doorstep.”
“The Island Readers se- ries was originally published in 2016 in English,” explains David DeLuca, director of publishing and COO for Bess Press.
Bess stresses that the Island Readers not only fififill a void by providing early-reader books, but also “(recognize) that Mi- cronesians are not a homog- enized peoples, but represent different languages, cultures and histories.”
The sstotorreealaslosoactasctass an event space, where custom- ers can fififind author signings, keiki storytimes, artist exhi- bitions and more. DeLuca anticipates a return to in-per- son events this fall.
“The more we conversed with teachers and educators in Hawai‘i, the more we learned that there was a need to devel- op learning-to-read materials in native languages.
If Island Readers is Bess Press’ way to foster a love of reading in early childhood, da Shop is where it aims to encourage a lifelong affififinity for the printed page.
Customers may vis- it dashophnl.com to fififind a complete listing of what’s available at the store. Some new offerings include Sum- mer Keiki Bundles. Each grouping is themed, such as “Cook!” or “Explore!” and includes activity books, an issue of Illustoria magazine and a copy of Beautiful Birds of Hawai‘i coloring book.
book tells the story of Maui science teacher Soichi Saka- moto. In the 1930s he trained a swim team of plantation kids so well, they qualififified for the Olympics.
“As a regional publisher dedicated to the commu- nities that make up mod- ern Hawai‘i, we felt it was necessary to create books that could reflflflect languages and be utilized to encour- age reading development in those languages. We know we create a greater chance for reading success by do- ing so. Also, by developing early readers in Hawaiian, Chuukese, Marshallese and Chamoru, we feel non-na- tive speakers will enjoy and introduction to these languages.”
The books introduce new readers to vocabulary and
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needs of educators in Ha- wai‘i and the greater Pacififific ... There is never a lack of interesting stories and con- cepts to work into a proj- ect. It is the collaboration that makes our publishing worthwhile and contributes to the success we have been able to maintain.”
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“Da Shop was founded in March of 2018. Our main fo- cus is to celebrate books and reading,” DeLuca asserts.
However, since da Shop is about fostering a lifelong love of reading, there’s lots to explore there beyond children’s books as well. There’s also an array of things that readers will love: journals, notecards and totes for all those books.
“Personally, it feels like a great honor to be able to continue the work of our family business,” states DeLuca.
“As a community book- store, our goal has been to curate a list of nationally and internationally recognized publications for readers of all ages — early childhood through seniors. We have over 1,000 titles that regu- larly rotate in the store and we receive new books on a
Another timely offering is Sakamoto’s Swim Club; just in time for the Summer Olympics. This children’s
“Along with this comes a great responsibility of con- tinually working to meet the needs and interests of our general community and the
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