Music:
Ludwig Beethoven—Ninth Symphony
Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells–Wheeler
Mission Study:
1. Bold Bearers of His Name: Kiayi Palus Tosari
2. BBOHN: Ruatoka & Tungane
3. BBOHN: Joseph Kam
4. BBOHN: Deu L. Mahandi
5. Window on the World: Indonesia
Poems:
Rime of the Ancient Mariner–Coleridge
Science:
Measurement
Nonfiction Read Alouds:
KIDS Discover: Equator
Fiction Read Alouds:
A Question of Yams–Repp
Born in the Year of Courage–Crofford
Picture Books:
Come to My Place: Meet My Island Family–Kamikmica
Elementary Readers:
Call It Courage—Sperry
Twenty-One Balloons—duBois
Kensuke’s Kingdom—Morpurgo
Island of the Blue Dolphins—O’Dell
Kaiulani: The People’s Princess–White
Movies:
South Pacific
Father Goose
Any other suggestions? Do any of you know of any really excellent books for children that are set in Indonesia, the Philippines, Fiji, Samoa, or any of the other 30,000 islands of Polynesia, Melanesia or Micronesia?
I’m no help on the book front….Love Father Goose though, great movie.
My son, Tom, enjoyed a Henty book called Among Malay Pirates years ago. Would Swiss Family Robinson count? The Bounty trilogy is good, and several of my children enjoyed those. Maybe Tales of the South Pacific by Michener, and Typee by Melville?
We’ve checked out Foods of the Philippines and liked it. I Married Adventure by Osa Johnson covers some of the South Pacific. And these may be totally off the page but popped into my head:
The Mysterious Island – Jules Verne
The Coral Island – Ballantyne
Treasure Island – Stevenson
Pippi in the South Seas – Lindgren