Featuring more than 30 practitioners of this ancient art, this book won a "Keep It Hawai'i" Award from the Hawai'i Tourism Authority for r [...]
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Cabo & Coral Go Surfing, an inspirational and educational children’s color picture book authored by Del Mar surfer Udo Wahn M.D. and the talented artist Jami Lyn of Encinitas, California. Their approach to the book is not only captivating and entertaining, but it offers the child an opportunit [...]
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In The Little Lima Bean, a little bean thinks big thoughts and tries with all his might, but he just stays small…until one day, with the help of the rain, he sprouts!

Teaching children that, although it may take some time, dreams can come true, this spiral-bound board book comes with a blister pack of lima bean seeds and directions for growing them at home.

Brent Ching, a Honolulu-based pediatric dentist with a private practice at Kapi‘olani Medical Center, originally wrote The Little Lima Bean as a poem to inspire his father, suffering from kidney disease, to persevere through tough times.

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“Artist Berg clearly has a love affair with the Hawaiian sea turtle, and it shows in the brillantly colored illustrations she produces of the creature.This hardback edition is part of a Berg-turtle extravaganza that also includes (Honu teh Green Sea Turtle) and a CD(DVD) that has Hawaiian-English reading of the titles, plus turtle tunes by Pekelo Cosma. It’s turtlicious.”
Features, Star Bulletin

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2009 RELEASES BOARD BOOKS Animals Sing Aloha by Vera Arita; illustrated by Ron Louie This ground-breaking book is specifically designed to begin introducing young children to phonics through a vibrantly illustrated text that can be read or sung to an original musical score by the author, Vera Arita. [...]
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This is the first in a series of traditional Hawaiian stories retold for today’s learners. In this bilingual tale, 'Elepaio pecks a hole in Kanaka's water gourd, provoking the man to throw a rock at him. ‘Elepaio flits about the forest trying to get sympathy from the other birds. In the end, ' [...]
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Sept 26 2009 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host the 9th annual National Book Festival, sponsored by the Library of Congress on the National Mall in Washington D.C. today. The NBF, founded by Laura Bush, will entertain upwards of 125,000 attendees, featuring pavilions with [...]
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As a young warrior, Kamehameha battles with the viscous niuhi shark. Blazing Stars and Shark Eyes is the third in a twelve-book series on the life of Kamehameha. Based on Hawaiian sources and years of research, the story sheds new light on people and places that nurtured Kamehameha in his youth. A [...]
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