The March 2011 tsunami danger in Hawai‘i brings to mind an important reference published late last year: Living on the Shores of Hawai‘i: Natural Hazards, the Environme [...]
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Nai‘a is back and in this brand new adventure, she finds her friend Honu in trouble. Kids will be on the edge of their seat as they read along and find out how Nai‘a is able to help her friend. Nai‘a to the R [...]
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Hawai‘i's Invasive Species describes the causes and consequences of the introduction of invasive alien species of plants and animals to the Hawaiian Islands. Almost a hundred species are covered in detail, illustrating the negative impacts of invasive alien species on human health and quality of l [...]
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Sites of Maui is a single resource for information on the prehistory of Maui. Over a decade-long span, Elspeth P. Sterling combed Hawaiian-and English-language written records of Maui, talked with kupuna, and traveled the island with anthropologists and local informants to rediscover the sites named [...]
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The Kona diustrict of Hawai‘i is a rich archive of the Hawaiian past and prime source for research today. The Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Kona provides us a look into this past - a place to observe and investigate agricultural technologies that once supported the development of H [...]
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by Jim Denny A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawai‘i Hawai‘i is home to some of the most beautiful and sought after birds in the world. From the offshore waters, where graceful seabirds glide [...]
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Hawaiian Birds of the Sea by Robert J. Shallenberger More than 300 species of seabirds range across the world’s oceans. In excess of 14 million birds, representing nearly two dozen species, make their home in the Hawa [...]
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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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The mele contained in this book are fundamental to hula Pele and reflect a vast and dynamic Hawai'i worldview. These mele have been preserved for centuries via oral traditions, the sacred hula of Hawai'i, and, more recently, in twentieth-century written texts. Lele Kawa offers original translations [...]
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Could you give an example of where fiction crosses over to nonfiction?

The environmental issues affecting Hawai’i and government corruption is an example of where the story specifically crosses over to nonfiction. Lei is an environmentalist, and I wanted to go much further with cruise ship pollution, the beach cleanup, government protection of industry but instead I just touch on it. I even had the Superferry in the story at one point and the current governor’s real-life decision to waive environmental protection laws on their behalf, but it was starting to distract from the plot.

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