During the pandemic, many ʻohana were searching for additional resources to keep their keiki entertained and engaged. To provide parents and caregivers a few minutes of precious relief, Kona Historical Society launched a virtual story time on its Facebook page. The featured stories are between 5 and 20 minutes long.

Gather around your computer, phone, or tablet together to enjoy short stories about Kona’s unique history and heritage. Some of the books shared will transport viewers back to the past or take them down memory lane. Other selected books aim to spark curiosity, smiles, joy, and laughter. Many celebrate community, diversity and friendship.

Following each story time, the videos are shared on Kona Historical Society’s YouTube channel and website.

Story Time with our Kona Nightingales! Watch the video to learn along with Shizu and Charlie Boy as we read "Goodnight Hawaiian Moon" by Dr. Carolan, publish...
Story Time with our Kona Nightingales! Watch the video to learn along with Shizu and Charlie Boy as we read "The Volcano Adventures of Keikilani, the Kona Ni...
Kona Historical Society presents a live read of Keahi's Special Bread Day. In this book, a Hawaiian boy named Keahi describes his day helping his Portuguese ...
Join us for a Virtual Story Time with Shizu and Charlie Boy, our Kona Nightingales! On Wednesday, May 6th at 1pm (HST) we are reading Part 1 of "Kona Coffee ...
Story Time with our Kona Nightingales! Watch the video below learn with Shizu and Charlie Boy as we read about another Kona Nightingale named Spunky. Title: ...
Join us for a Virtual Story Time with Shizu and Charlie Boy, our Kona Nightingales! On Wednesday, May 13th we are reading Part 2 of "Kona Coffee Days" by Tom...
 

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While this Story Time series is free to view, Kona Historical Society welcomes donations of any size in support of this virtual program series and our 501(c)3 nonprofit.

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