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 Ability

This 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 Books

Elementary school children everywhere will enjoy re-reading this story over and over again. – Nikki Prsa (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 / Ka Dylan Makana La Hanau - Bilingual Hawaiian (‘Olelo Hawai'i) and English Children’s Book This is the bilingual Hawaiian and English 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 bilingual English - 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:

He keiki kane ‘o Dylan no 'Amelika e like aku no me ka nui. Ho'okahi no na'e ona mea e kuikawa ai: no na 'aina like 'ole kona mau makua a wala'au no me ia ma na 'olelo like 'ole. 'O kona la hanau keia a he makana kuikawa loa kana, e nalowale auane'i. Me ke kokua pu 'ana mai o kona hoa pili 'o Emma, he kaikamahine lau 'olelo 'olu'olu na ka 'elua mau makua no 'Apelika Hema, huaka'i akula 'o Dylan ma ka 'imi 'ana a loa'a kana makana la hanau nalowale. Ma ia huaka'i, a'o na hoa pili 'elua i ke ko'iko'i o ka pilina hoa pili, ka 'olelo i na 'olelo like 'ole, a me ka mahalo pu i ka 'ike mo'omeheu a me ka 'olelo o kela me keia kanaka.