Children’s book cover reading “There Was an Old Auntie,” featuring an illustrated character rowing a boat beneath a green sail; illustrated by John Aardema.

There Was An Old Auntie

illustrated by John Aardema

There was an old auntie who sailed her canoe
From Hana to Hilo then Kalamazoo.


So begins the story of a little old auntie who finds herself far from Hawai‘i and in a strange city. See what she does to make her new home feel more like the islands she misses.

This is a softcover reprint of our out-of-print picture book, now part of our Hele Mai Read Me! series of mini-sized books perfect for small book bins and baskets in the classroom and home schools.

6 x 6.75 inches
32 pages
$5.95
ISBN 978-1-949000-44-3

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Hele Mai, Read Me!

Illustration of an open green book with a yellow sunburst background and blue text reading “READ ME!”

Hele Mai Read Me! books are for a keiki’s growing library in the classroom and at home. They are the perfect size to fit inside book baskets and bins set up to inspire and encourage spontaneous, casual reading. They can be taken on the go—in the car, on a plane, tucked into pockets—for some easy reading to pass the time. This series features back-in-print titles that were favorites when first released, now available again by popular demand. If there are other out-of-print BeachHouse books your classroom or home library would like to have, let us know! 

  • Illustration of an old auntie sailing a canoe with a green sail across ocean waves, accompanied by text about traveling from Hana to Hilo and Kalamazoo.
  • Illustrated village of houses shaped like old leather shoes, with a woman in a red floral dress and the text, “Far from Hawai‘i, what could she do when she saw people living in old leather shoes?”
  • Children’s book illustration of an old auntie living inside a giant blue suede shoe, with a small red bird and rural mailbox outside.