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Bess Press, Inc.


We publish trade titles about Pacific-related topics in the following categories: children's literature, cookbooks, humor, travel, sports, Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia.

Specifically interested in books with these subjects or themes: picture, alphabet, readalong, songs/stories, hawaian series

Main Address: 3565 Harding Avenue
Honolulu Hawaii 96816 USA
Phone: (808) 734-7159 Toll Free: 1(800) 910-2377
Fax: Fax: (808) 732-3627
Updated 12/5/2006

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Manuscript SubmissionsPolicy: please see website for further details email - Ms. Rev� Shapard [email protected]
Contact Information:Ms. Rev� Shapard
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Bess Press, Inc.
3565 Harding Avenue
Honolulu Hawaii 96816
USA
[email protected]
Updated 12/5/2006
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1. The Musubi Man: Hawai'i's Gingerbread Man (Hardcover)
    Author: Sandi Takayama
    Illustrator: Pat Hall
Ages 4-8 06/01/2007
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26 Reviews  
2. Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
    Author: Kahikahealani Wight
    Illustrator: Robin Yacoma
(Unknown)  04/14/2011
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3. Endangered Animals of Hawaii Coloring Book (Paperback)
    Author: Patrick Ching
Ages 4-8 06/06/1997
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4. My Filipino Word Book (Hardcover)
    Author: robin Lyn Fancy, Vala Jeanne Welch
    Illustrator: Ronny Lynn
Ages 4-8 02/01/2007
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6 Reviews  
5. Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary (Hawaiian Edition) (Paperback)
    Author: Kahikahealani Wight
(Unknown)  05/2005
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21 Reviews  
6. The Story of Hula (Hardcover)
    Author: Carla Golembe
    Illustrator: Carla Golembe
Ages 4-8 07/2004
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4 Reviews  
7. Samoan Alphabet (Island Alphabet Books) (Hardcover)
    Author: Lori Phillips
Ages 4-8 04/30/2004
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8. Chamorro Alphabet (Island Alphabet Books) (Hardcover)
    Author: Lori Phillips
Ages 4-8 03/01/2004
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9. Surfrider a Midwestern Odyssey (Hardcover)
    Author: Thomas Paul Rogo
Ages 9-12 06/1999
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4 Reviews  
10. Pele and the Rivers of Fire (Paperback)
    Author: Michael Nordenstrom
    Illustrator: Michael Nordenstrom
Ages 4-8 08/15/2002
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5 Reviews  
11. Samoan Word Book (Samaritan Edition) (Paperback)
    Author: Aumua Mataitusi Simanu, Fata Simanu-Klutz
(Unknown)  02/1999
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11 Reviews  
12. Plants of Old Hawaii (Kindle Edition)
    Author: Julie Williams, Lois Lucas
    Illustrator: Joan Fleming
(Unknown)  03/28/2011
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1 Reviews  
13. Student Atlas of Hawaii (Paperback)
    Author: James O. Juvik, Sonia P. Juvik, Thomas Paradise
Young Adult 05/01/1999
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1 Reviews  
14. Fishes of Hawaii Coloring Book (Paperback)
    Author: Susan Kelly, Thomas Kelly
Ages 4-8 06/01/1997
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15. Pacific Island Legends: Tales from Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and...
    Author: Nancy Bo Flood, William Flood, Beret E. Strong
    Illustrator: Connie J. Adams
(Unknown)  04/01/1999
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8 Reviews  
16. Ke Ahiahi Mamua O Kalikimaka: 'Twas the Night before Christmas-in Hawai'...
    Author: Valjeanne Budar
    Illustrator: Barbara Ewald
Ages 4-8 01/1994
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8 Reviews  
17. Hawaiian Alphabet (Island Alphabet Books) (Hardcover)
    Author: Lori Phillips, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Ages 4-8 03/01/2004
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2 Reviews  
18. Snow White and the Seven Menehune (Hardcover)
    Author: Donivee Martin Laird
    Illustrator: Carol Ann Johnson
Ages 4-8 09/2004
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1 Reviews  
19. Numbah One Day of Christmas: The Hawaii Version of the "12 Days of...
    Author: Eaton Magoon, Gordon N. Phelps
    Illustrator: Masaru Yamauchi
(Unknown)  01/1994
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2 Reviews  
20. Pacific Neighbors: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia (...
    Author: Betty Dunford, Reilly Ridgell
Ages 9-12 01/31/2006
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1 Reviews  
21. Hina and the Sea of Stars (Turtleback)
    Author: Michael Nordenstrom
Ages 4-8 10/2003
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3 Reviews  
22. Native Animals of Hawaii Coloring Book (Paperback)
    Author: Patrick Ching
Ages 4-8 06/01/1997
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23. Hawaiians of Old (Paperback)
    Author: Elizabeth (Betty) P. Dunford
(Unknown)  06/1985
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2 Reviews  
24. Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary (Hardcover)
    Author: Kahikahealani Wight
    Illustrator: Robin Yoko Racoma
Ages 4-8 10/1997
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23 Reviews  
25. Marianas Island Legends: Myth and Magic (Hardcover)
    Author: Nancy Bo Flood
    Illustrator: Connie J. Adams
(Unknown)  08/01/2001
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1 Reviews  
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