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He Hana Kauwela me Pa (A Summer Job with Pa) is about siblings David, Catherine, and Ben, who spend their summer working at their grandfather Pa's shop. Throughout the story, they take on various tasks that introduce them to essential financial concepts, including earning, saving, spending, borrowing, and protecting money. As they manage their responsibilities, the children learn the value of hard work, experience the joy it brings, and develop a sense of pride in having a job. This heartwarming story offers young readers meaningful life lessons about money management and the rewards of diligence, making it both educational and engaging. This book is translated into the Hawaiian language to learning about financial literacy.

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David Mattson is a medical doctor who was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the President of Ohana100, the Daniel Kahikina Akaka Family Foundation (DKAFF), a non-profit he founded with his wife Elizabeth. It was named in honor of his grandfather who was an educator and so much more. Their foundation has been promoting educational initiatives, including youth literacy since 2015. They've placed hundreds of thousands of new, free books in the hands of children in Hawaii, New York and other countries. They have two children, David and Catherine, who in this story with Pa (Dan Akaka) learn from him important ways to be good people. Brady is a comic artist and illustrator born, raised, and working in Honolulu, Hawaii. With a strong interest in manga and other forms of sequential imagery and storytelling, he enjoys creating stories and characters that draw on folklore from around the world as well as his own experiences and family stories. M. Puakea Nogelmeier is a Professor Emeritus of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawai¿i, where he taught for 35 years. He is the Executive Director and co-founder of Awaiaulu Inc., mentoring translators to work with historical Hawaiian language resources.

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