The Stone-Shaper's Daughter original tale by T. K. Cassidy, illustrated by Olivia N. (Livvy) Schemanski, bilingual text (English and Japanese), 32 pages, paperback  Sorry, this book is now out of print.

The Stone-Shaper's Daughter is an original tale about the island of Guam.  On this tropical island, there are unique stones called acho' latte meaning limestone.  The stones dot the island always in 2 lines of 3 set specific distances apart from one another.  It is believed that the columns were made to support houses in ancient villages.

In this bilingual folk tale (Japanese and English), one of the giants (Nipa) who helped make the island falls in love with a lovely Chamoru girl (Latte).  When the giant's family finds out, they confront the villagers.  The story of Latte and Nipa tells how the hand hewn stones MIGHT have originally been formed.

Though the author attempted to remain as true to history as possible, this tale is NOT an ancient legend and should not be looked at as such by researchers.  The decision to have the natives wearing clothing in the pictures was a thoroughly discussed problem.  Though both author and artist would prefer to have been true to the times and left the people unclothed, good taste and consideration for the targeted audience prevented this.

Dolphin, Dolphin original tale by T. K. Cassidy, illustrated by Olivia N. (Livvy) Schemanski, bilingual text (English and Japanese) 32 pages, paperback

This is an original tale by the author. The story follows young Christina and her grandmother as they go to their favorite spot to watch dolphins dancing on the surf and the magical thing that happens on Christina's last morning to dance with the dolphins.

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