E Kipa mai! Come visit us in our new space, Native Books ma Nuʻuanu.
Located in the Arts & Letters Building on Nuʻuanu Ave in the heart of Honolulu's Chinatown Arts District.
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1990
Good Books in Good Hands
Maile Meyer founds Native Books in Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island, the land of her ancestors, with the vision of getting things Hawaiian into the hands of those interested in learning.
1995
Merchant Street
Native Books & Beautiful Things, a retail co-operative featuring books, music, art, crafts, food and clothing from local producers, opens on Merchant Street in Downtown Honolulu.
2000
Mai ke kumu a ka wēlau
From the trunk to the tip of the leaf. Native Books focuses on building the most comprehensive collection of shareable materials about things Hawaiian, accessible in one place.
August 2003
The Gathering Place
Native Books/Nā Mea Hawai'i moves to its location to Ward Warehouse at Kūkuluaeʻo, with an invitation from the Victoria Ward ʻohana. It becomes a center for Native Hawaiian knowledge, focusing on Hawaiian-made products, and events to connect the community.
August 2017
Ward Centre
Native Books/Nā Mea Hawaiʻi moves to Ward Centre with the demolition of Ward Warehouse. Nā Mea Hawaiʻi continues to operate out of this location today.
October 2020
Arts & Letters Building ma Nuʻuanu
Amidst a global pandemic, Native Books returns to Chinatown. Founder Maile Meyer and Wei Fang, purchase the old Pegge Hopper Building and transforms it into a mixed use space with Waiwai Collective, Mezzanine Prints, and Arts & Letters Gallery.
January 2021
Holomua
Native Books re-launches their online store to provide a virtual space where those seeking knowledge or curated content may find that experience on our digital shelves.
Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Join us in celebrating ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in February with our celebrated Hawaiian-language reads.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings
$49.95
Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian Revised and Enlarged Edition
$39.99
Harry Potter a me ka Pōhaku Akeakamai: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
$21.00
Place Names of Hawaiʻi Revised and Expanded Edition
$18.99
He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu: The Story of Kapaʻahu
$15.95
New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary: With a Concise Grammar and Given Names in Hawaiian
$9.99
Hawaiʻi Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites
$18.99
Ancient Sites of Oʻahu: A Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Places of Interest
$19.95
Huakai Makaikai a Kaupo, Maui: A Visit to Kaupō, Maui
From $18.00
Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories
$32.00
Hoʻopilipili ʻŌlelo II: Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, Change-a-Letter Puzzles, and Crossword Dictionary
$19.95
Overthrow Observance
A selection of resources related to the U.S.-military backed illegal overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893.
Diaries of Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi, 1885–1900, The
$40.00
Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai‘i
$29.95
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
$25.00
Transpacific & Indigenous
Literature from writers connected by the Pacific.
Power of the Steel-tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History, The
$28.95
Past Before Us: Moʻokūʻauhau as Methodology, The
From $27.00
Kanaka Hawai'i Cartography: Hula, Navigation, and Oratory
$24.95
Unsustainable Empire: Alternative Histories of Hawai‘i Statehood
$26.95
Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies
$25.00
Oh, Say, Can You See?: The Semiotics of the Military in Hawai’i
$24.00
Pacific Island Names: A Map and Name Guide to the New Pacific
$14.95
Marking Indigeneity: The Tongan Art of Sociospatial Relations
$27.95
Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place
$26.00
Coral and Concrete: Remembering Kwajalein Atoll between Japan, America, and the Marshall Islands
$68.00
Breaking the Shell: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall Islands
$68.00
Pathway of the Birds: The voyaging achievements of Māori and their Polynesian ancestors
$39.00
Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation Resurgence and a New Emergence
$19.95
Ko te Pū Ko tu More, Levels 1-2: A Māori Language Course for Beginners
$36.00
Keiki & Young Adult
Favorite titles in English/Bilingual to encourage reading for our keiki and parents of all ages.
Song for the Colors and the Flowers of Hawaiʻi, A
$14.50
All Pau with Diapers: A Potty Book for Hawaiʻi's Kids
$7.95
Backbone of the King: The Story of Pakaʻa and His Son Ku
$21.00
Games for Hawaiian Learning
Have fun while learning with our crossword puzzles, games, and more.
Hoʻopilipili ʻŌlelo II: Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, Change-a-Letter Puzzles, and Crossword Dictionary
$19.95
Pāhana ʻĀina Lupalupa: Hawaiian Culture-Based Science Readers to Foster Aloha ʻĀina and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
$80.00
2021 Calendars
Get 2021 started off right with a calendar for the new year.
ʻAno Lani: ʻAno Hōnua – Hawaiian Mystic Moon Chart 2021–2022
$9.95
Illustrated Hawaiian Word-A-Day Calendar (Bilingual)
$16.00
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Native Books ma Nuʻuanu
Arts & Letters Building
1164 Nuʻuanu Ave.
(808) 548-5554
Wed–Sat • 11am–5pm
