Bamboo Ridge Issue 128 Little Island Readers After having read 100s of

After having read 100s of keiki stories with mainland themes

Enchanting Creatures of Hawai'i Island takes you and your family on a journey—through hand-drawn coloring pages

Although some of the stories are pole apart

this was also true in Hawai‘i

Bamboo Ridge Issue 128 Little Island Readers After having read 100s ofIssue 128 brings together stories and poems that speak to our current moment. Acclaimed poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Cathy Song have curated an anthology shaped by compassion and poetic insight. In their introduction, the editors reflect on the troubling reality that many words once used to celebrate multiculturalism and belonging are now being flagged in grant applications or discouraged in public discourse. This issue becomes, in its own way, a