KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS PRESS
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Kamehameha Schools Press, the publishing arm of Kamehameha Schools,traces its roots to the schools’ very beginning. In the schools’ early years students learned printing as a craft, producing publications such as newspapers and manuals.
The first book identified as a Kamehameha Schools Press publication, Ancient Hawaiian Civilization, was published in 1933. During the next twenty-five years many other classic books on Hawai`i were produced. In-house printing ended in the 1970s when Kamehameha’s curriculum shifted from vocational to college preparatory.
Kamehameha Schools Press now issues about five new, revised, or reprinted publications annually. These include reference books on Hawaiian history, adult- and student-level biographies of key figures in Hawaiian history, collections of Hawaiian folklore, and curriculum materials for the teaching of Hawaiian history and studies at various grade levels.
One of the press’ efforts is the re-issuing of biographical and other titles in modern Hawaiian translations, supporting and leading in the contemporary revitalization of Hawaiian as a living spoken language.
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