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She can see her beehives from her kitchen window and is always on the watch for greater banded hornets and cane toads so she can catch them before they eat her bees

Artist: Dawn Lees Reyes

a young CHamorrita

In the book

Children of Chuuk Lagoon Tinian in Pacific Islands Studies fromChildren of Chuuk Lagoon examines the everyday lives of school aged children in the Chuuk Lagoon island of Romonum in the Federated States of Micronesia. The book documents the natural histories, and home and school experiences of 12 case study children ranging in age from 6 to 14. Observations presented in the book include the daily activities Romonum children engage in and the types of teaching and learning patterns represented in their home and