Children’s book cover for “Māui Hooks the Islands,” featuring a stylized ocean scene, Maui fishing, and artwork by Jing Jing Tsong.

Māui Hooks the Islands

written by Gabrielle Ahuli‘i, illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong

Part of the board book series Hawaiian Legends for Little Ones, Māui Hooks the Islands introduces kids ages 0-4 to one of Hawai‘i’s best-known legends about Māui the demigod who fished up the Hawaiian islands using a magic fishing hook.

Māui is a popular trickster demigod known throughout the Pacific whose many stories are full of adventure and mischief.
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In simple, poetic language, this origin story gives small kids a taste of Hawai‘i’s rich history of storytelling.

​5 x 6 inches
16 pages
$8.95
ISBN 978-1-933067-76-6

Blue graphic with circular white text reading “A WAY FOR LITTLE ONES’ LEGENDS,” decorated with yellow flowers
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Hawai‘i Public Radio Interview with Author
  • Illustrated storybook scene of young Maui holding a magical fishing hook on a grassy island surrounded by blue ocean waves and clouds.
  • Illustrated tropical island landscape with a smiling child, colorful birds, pink flowers, green hills, clouds, and ocean views.
  • Illustration of Maui pulling against the ocean waves with all his strength, accompanied by story text about the earth groaning and sea boiling.

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Blue graphic with circular white text reading “A WAY FOR LITTLE ONES TO LEARN,” decorated with yellow flowers.
  • Children’s book cover for “Māui Hooks the Islands,” featuring a stylized ocean scene, Maui fishing, and a giant fishhook.
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