An Island Grows

An Island GrowsHardcover, 40 pp For ages 4 8 This is the story of the birth of an island, from the first red hot glow of magma at the bottom of the ocean, to the flowing lava that hardens and builds up higher and higher until, finally, it breaks through the waters surface. And then, life comes to the island. First come the small plants and animals, and later, people. This is a tale as old and as new as the ground we walk on.

Handcrafted on Maui

Not as floral as jasmine or as strong as tuberose

Judy Rohrer has written an extraordinary and long-needed examination of the historical and contemporary places of haoles in Hawai’i

creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history

making it both a practical resource and a fascinating read

answers are close at hand—the Bible

no matter how hard something may seem

and teeter on the coral

An introduction in Hawaiian and English is provided by M

” which led to the couple’s idea to create a children’s book to share everything they treasure about Maui

which together tell a story that is a testament to the ingenuity and bravery of humankind

Written by Tom Peek