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Children’s book author visits Chaminade

Well-known local children’s book author Marion Coste visited Dr. Margaret Mize’s children’s literacy class on Nov. 9. Coste shared her experiences and background with the group of more than a dozen education students.

The Honolulu Advertiser highlighted her latest book “Finding Joy,” about adopting a little girl from China earlier that week as part of National Adoption Month.

Coste has several nationally published children’s books, but in the islands she is best known for her natural history children’s books published by University of Hawaii Press. Her four books – “Nene,” “Honu,” “Kolea” and “The Hawaiian Bat ‘ope‘ape‘a” – are not only considered must-haves for elementary schools in Hawaii, they are also useful resource materials for older students researching local animals and their habitats. For more information, visit Marion Coste’s Web site at www.marioncoste.com.

Dr. Mize is pictured above with children’s book author Marion Coste.