This year, we released our fourth title in our Wayfinders series of biographies for kids in kindergarten through second/third grade—Edith Kanaka‘ole. This fourth book joins the others: Patsy Mink, Mary Kawena Pukui, Eddie Aikau. Also available now is a beautiful book that tells the stories behind the Hawaiian names of select places across the Islands: Lizards, Giants, and Gods.

We also introduced a new series of mini paperback books perfect for classrooms and home schools—Hele Mai Read Me! books—that bring back out-of-print favorites. Easy to add to classroom book bins, these low-priced books are perfect for bringing home from school, sharing, and for a quick free-time read. Available now!

Two new board books are available now! Five Wild Roosters in Hawai‘i and Pūpū Hinuhinu—the beloved song by Aunty Nona Beamer is now a board book that can be read and shared at bedtime.

Aloha Kakahiaka Little Seed by Elena Pendleton Ching, illustrated by Kristi Petosa-Sigel, is also new. And we’re excited to announce Hawai‘i’s first set of phonics-based local beginning readers for kids featuring Jon J. Murakami’s beloved geckos. Learn to Read with Geckos in Hawai‘i is a set of 5 books that teach kids how to read 3- and 4-letter words that use short vowels sounds.