Reading References
The following are just a few of the many reference books and articles available on the Kingdom of Tonga.
Art
Arbeit, Wendy. Tapa in Tonga. Palm Frond Productions, 1995.
Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois. Oceanic Art. Harry N Abrams, 1997.
Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois. The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia. Oxford University Press, 2008.
St Cartmail, Keith & Cartmail, Keith. St Cartmail: The Art of Tonga. University of Hawai'i Press, 1997.
Biographies
Hixon, Margaret. Salote, Queen of Paradise. University of Otago Press, 1999.
Taulahi, Amanaki. His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of the Kingdom of Tonga. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 1979.
Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth. Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965. Auckland University Press, 1999.
Flora and Fauna
Allen, Gerald R. & Steene, Roger. Indo Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide. Sub Tropical Reef Research, 1996.
Coleman, Neville. Sea Birds and Others of the South Pacific. Sea Australia Resource Centre, 1997.
Coleman, Neville. Sea Stars of Australasia and Their Relatives. Sea Australia Resource Centre, 1994.
Coleman, Neville. Hazardous Sea Creatures: A Personal Survival Kit. Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd, 1993.
Coleman, Neville. Nudibranchs of the South Pacific. Sea Australia Resource Centre, 1989.
Coleman, Neville. Tropical Sea Fishes of the South Pacific. Sea Australia Resource Centre, 1989.
Cook, Douglas. A Field Guide to the Birds of Tonga. Nuku'alofa: Government Printers of Tonga, 1984.
Cowardine, Mark. Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises. (1st ed). Eyewitness Handbooks, 1995.
Hargreaves, Dorothy & Bob. Tropical Blossoms of the Pacific. Ross-Hargreaves Publishers, 1970.
Hargreaves, Dorothy & Bob. Tropical Trees of the Pacific. Ross-Hargreaves Publishers, 1970.
King, Micheal. Coral Reefs in the South Pacific. South Pacific Commission, 1988.
Payne, Roger. Among Whales. Simon & Schuster Inc., 1995.
Pratt, H.D., Bruner, P.L. & Berrett, D.G. Field Guide to Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press.
Ryan, Paddy. The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef. Exisle Publishing Ltd, 1994.
Watling, Dick. Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Wellington: Millwood Press, 1982.
Whistler, W. Arthur. Wayside Plants of the Islands. Isle Botanica, 1995.
Whistler, W. Arthur. Flowers of the South Pacific Seashore. Isle Botanica, 1992.
Whistler, W. Arthur. Tongan Herbal Medicine. Isle Botanica, 1992.
History
Beaglehole, J.C.. The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1967-1969.
Campbell, I.C. Island Kingdom: Tonga Ancient & Modern. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1992.
Grey, William R. Voyages to Paradise. National Geographic Society, 1981.
Howe, K.R. Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific. Auckland: David Bateman, 2006.
Ledyard, Patricia. The Tongan Past. Nuku'alofa: Vava'u Press Ltd., 1982.
Martin, John M.D.. Tonga Islands: William Mariner's Account (5th ed). Nuku'alofa: Vava'u Press, 1991.
Hough, Richard. Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian: Mutiny on the Bounty. Hutchingson, 1972.
Language
Shumway, Eric B. Intensive Course in Tongan. (Rev. ed). Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1991.
Thompson, Richard H. The Student's English-Tongan Dictionary. Nuku'alofa: Friendly Islands Bookshop, 1991.
Thompson, Richard & 'Ofa. The Student's Tongan-English Dictionary. Nuku'alofa: Friendly Islands Bookshop, 1992.
Miscellaneous
Bain, Kenneth & King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. The New Friendly Islanders. Kent: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993.
Daily, Martin. Tonga: A New Bibliography. University of Hawai'i Press, 2009.
Hau'ofa, 'Epeli. Our Crowded Islands. Suva: University of the South Pacific, 1987.
Hau'ofa, 'Epeli. Tales of the Tikongs. University of Hawaii Press, 1983.
Ledyard, Patricia. Friendly Isles: A Tale of Tonga. Nuku'alofa: Vava'u Press Ltd., 1974.
Ledyard, Patricia. 'Utulei: My Tongan Home. Vava'u Press Ltd., 1993.
Morton Lee, Helen. Becoming Tongan: An Ethnography of Childhood. 1996.
Schultz, Patricia. 1000 Places to See Before You Die.
Theroux, Paul. The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992.
Whitty, Julia. A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga: Stories. Houghton Miffin Company. 2002.
Travel Guides
Asleson, Kate, Hunsicker, Steve, Schneider, Jason & Quast, Shawn. Tonga. Other Places Publishing 2011.
Dragicevich, Peter & McLachlan, Craig. Lonely Planet Samoa & Tonga (6th ed). Lonely Planet Publications, 2009
Gardner, Alison. Travel Unlimited: Uncommon Adventures for the Mature Traveler. Avalon Travel Publishing, 2000.
Goodwin, Bill. Frommer's South Pacific. Frommer's, 2008.
Hunt, Errol & Wheeler, Tony. South Pacific, Lonely Planet Publications, Hawthorn, 2000.
Fletcher, Matt & Keller, Nancy. Tonga. (4th ed). Lonely Planet Publications, 2001.
McKinnon, Rowan. South Pacific. Lonely Planet, 2009.
Smitz, Paul & Farfor, Susannah. Samoan Islands & Tonga (5th Ed). Lonely Planet Publications, 2006.
Stanley, D. Moon Handbooks South Pacific. (8th ed). Avalon Travel Publishing, 2004.
Stanley, D. Tonga-Samoa Handbook. (1st ed) Avalon Travel Publishing, 1999.
