description: When news reaches a Hawaiian grandmother that Hawai‘i has been annexed by the United States in July 1898, she sets to work on a quilt to show her family that, in a time of change, there is one thing that must never be forgotten.In English and Hawaiian, The Flag Quilt is a revised edition of When Silver Needles Swam, which appeared in 1998 to great acclaim, receiving along with other Hawaiian language books from Manoa Press the award Na Manu a Ka‘ae from ‘Ahahui ‘Olelo Hawai‘i for helping to preserve the Hawaiian language.James Rumford, an award-winning and internationally recognized author and illustrator of children’s books, makes his home in Honolulu.
language: English
title: When Silver Needles Swam, the Story of Tutu's Quilt, ke kui ihe o tutu
titlecomplete: When Silver Needles Swam, the Story of Tutu's Quilt, ke kui ihe o tutu
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Manoa Pr