Na Mo’olelo Hawai’i o Ka Wa Kahiko, designed as a literary companion to Betty Dunford’s popular textbook The Hawaiians of Old, includes adaptations of forty-five traditional Hawaiian legends. The collection includes creation myths and stories about the people of old Hawai’i – their relationships with their gods and with each other, their ways of making a living from the land and from the sea, the value they placed on crafts, weapons and warfare, sports and games, music and dance. As these stories inform the reader about life in old Hawai’i, they entertain as well, with imaginatively illustrated tales of tricksters and giants, brave voyagers, angry gods, loving parents, unhappy lovers, and wily warriors.