Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the Pacific Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people.
BO FLOOD, Ph.D., has published several books for children, including a collection of Micronesian myths, From the Mouth of the Monster Eel. She is the 1997 winner of the CNMI Governor's Award in the Literary Arts and an instructor at Northern Marianas College.
BERET E. STRONG holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Brown University and an M.F.A. in poetry from Warren Wilson College. While teaching on Saipan and serving on the CNMI Council for the Humanities, she co-produced and directed, with Cinta Matagolai Kaipat, the documentary film Lieweila, about the Refalawasch (Carolinians) of the Northern Mariana Islands.
WILLIAM FLOOD received his M.D. from the University of Minnesota. He writes a weekly health column and has a private pediatric practice in Saipan.
CONNIE J. ADAMS is a well-known Saipan artist who has won numerous regional and national awards, including the Governor's Award in the Visual Arts.