Here is a list of the books we have mentioned on Hawaii Book Blog with a link to each corresponding post. Most of the links will send you to a review of the book that we read. Some will send you to a recommendation of the book. If we review the book, old recommendation posts will be replaced by the review.
The list is searchable through the search box on the top-right. You can also set the amount of entries shown and navigation arrows at the bottom of the list change the page. We are still under construction, and not all books have all their information outside of the title and author.
If you have any questions or would like to report an error, please contact me at aalba@hawaiibookblog.com.
| Title | Author(s) | Illustrator(s) | Publisher | Year | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Gary & Harry: A Tale of Two Turtles | Lisa Matsumoto | Michael Furuya | Lehua Inc | 2006 | picture book, children's book |
| All Around the Islands | Vera Arita | Ruth Moen Cabanting | BeachHouse Publishing | 2005 | picture book, children's book |
| Aloha Zoo | BeachHouse | Jing Jing Tsong | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | board book, children's book |
| Asian Supernatural: Including Hawaii and the Pacific | Alex G. Paman | Alex G. Paman | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | non-fiction, reference |
| Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming | Michelle Cruz Skinner | Bess Press | 2009 | short stories, fiction | |
| Beyond Ohi'a Valley | Lisa Matsumoto | Michael Furuya | Lehua Inc | 1996 | children's book, picture book, |
| Big in Japan: A Ghost Story | M. Thomas Gammarino | Chin Music Press | 2009 | fiction, novel | |
| The Boy Who Tricked the Ghosts | Ellie Crowe | Tammy Yee | Island Heritage Publishing | 2003 | juvenile fiction, children's book |
| Boyhood to War | Dorothy Matsuo | Mutual Publishing | 1992 | non-fiction, history, World War II, Japanese | |
| Aleatory Allegories | Susan Schultz | Salt Publishing | 2001 | poetry | |
| Avebade Bade Hawaii's Pidgin Poetry | Joe Hadley, "Bradajo" | Mutual Publishing | 2001 | poetry | |
| Beads, Boys and the Buddha | Wendy Miyake | Lotus Moon in Love | 2005 | short stories | |
| Breaking the Blood: Kamehameha Moves the Naha Stone | David Kawika Eyre | Imaikalani Kalahele | Kamehameha Schools Press | 2008 | picture book, children's book |
| The Christmas Gift of Aloha | Lisa Matsumoto | Michael Furuya | Ohi'a Productions | 2004 | picture book, children's book |
| The Complete Hawaiian Reef Fish Coloring Book | Monika Mira | Lucid Publishing | 2009 | coloring book, ocean | |
| Contemporary Hawaii Woodworkers: the Wood, the Art, the Aloha | Tiffany DeEtte Shafto and Lynda McDaniel | Contemporary Publications | 2009 | non-fiction, art | |
| Danny and the Dolphin | Kate Sommers | Dan Mackin | Kate Sommers Writing | 2011 | inspiration |
| The Demon King and Other Festival Folktales of China | Carolyn Han | Li Ji | University of Hawaii Press | 1995 | folk tales, myths and legends, Chinese |
| Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves | James Rumford | James Rumford | Houghton Mifflin Books for Children | 2004 | picture book, children's book |
| Duke's Olympic Feet | Ellie Crowe | Mark Brown | Island Heritage Publishing | 2002 | picture book, children's book, surfing, biography |
| Eha Ko’u Opu!: My Opu Hurts! | Ka’ohua Lucas | Boots Lupenui | Kamehameha Schools Press | 2009 | board book, children's book, Hawaiian language book |
| Facing Future | Dan Kois | Continuum Pub Group | 2009 | non-fiction, music | |
| Father Damien…”A Bit of Taro, A Piece of Fish, and A Glass of Water” | Anwei Skinsnes Law and Henry G. Law | ACTA Publications | 2010 | non-fiction, history | |
| Fierce Heart: The Story of Makaha and the Soul of Hawaiian Surfing | Stuart Holmes Coleman | St. Martin's Griffin | 2009 | non-fiction, surfing | |
| Sleepytown Press | Jerilyn Ito | Brooke Wilmeth | Sleepytown Press | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Gecko and Mosquito | Melissa DeSica | Melissa DeSica | Watermark Publishing | 2007 | picture book, children's book |
| Glory by the Wayside: The Old Churches of Hawaii | William & Susan Ecenbarger | Booklines Hawaii | 2008 | non-fiction, photography, architecture | |
| Goodnight Hawaiian Moon | Dr. Carolan | Joanna Carolan | Banana Patch Press | 2007 | picture book, children's book |
| A Grain of Sand: Nature's Secret Wonder | Dr. Gary Greenberg | Voyageur Press | 2008 | non-fiction, photography | |
| Grandpa's Magic Banyan Tree | Jeff Langcaon | Jeff Langcaon | Mutual Publishing | 2005 | picture book, children's book |
| The Guide to American Money Folds | Jodi Fukumoto | Island Heritage Publishing | 2010 | non-fiction, hobby | |
| The Guide to Island-Style Money Folds | Jodi Fukumoto | Island Heritage Publishing | 2008 | non-fiction, hobby | |
| Hamakua Hero: A True Plantation Story | P.Y. Iwasaki | Berido | Bess Press | 2010 | graphic novel |
| Bess Press | MacKinnon Simpson | Bess Press | 2008 | non-fiction, history, World War II | |
| Hawaii’s Bento Box Cookbook: 2nd Course | Susan K. Yuen | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | cook book, bento, Japanese | |
| Hawaii’s Best Pupu and Potluck | Jean Watanabe Hee | Mutual Publishing | 2004 | cook book | |
| Hawai’i Cooks and Saves | Muriel Miura | Mutual Publishing | 2008 | cook book | |
| Hawai’i Farmers Market Cookbook Volume 2, The: The Chefs’ Guide to Fresh Island Foods | Joan Namkoong | Watermark Publishing | 2010 | cook book | |
| A Hawai’i Japanese New Year with Yuki-chan | Tokie Ching | Kerina Salazar | Mutual Publishing | picture book, children's book, Japanese | |
| Hawaii’s Party Food | Muriel Miura | Mutual Publishing | 2007 | cook book | |
| The Hawaii Snowman | Christine Le | Mutual Publishing | 2008 | picture book, children's book, Christmas | |
| Hawai’i's Story By Hawaii’s Queen | Lili’uokalani | Tuttle Publishing | non-fiction, history, memoir | ||
| Hawaiian Airlines: A Pictorial History of the Pioneer Carrier in the Pacific | Stan Cohen | Pictorial Histories Publishing | 1986 | non-fiction, history, aviation | |
| Hawaiian Games to Play | Donald Kilolani Mitchell | Kamehameha Schools Press | 2006 | non-fiction, history | |
| University of Hawaii Press | Angela Kay Kepler | University of Hawaii Press | 1998 | non-fiction, botany, plants | |
| Hawaiian Legends of Tricksters and Riddlers | Vivian Thompson | Patricia A. Wozniak | University of Hawaii Press | 1990 | children's book, juvenile fiction |
| Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky | Vivian Thompson | Marilyn Kahalewai | University of Hawaii Press | 1988 | mythology, folk tales |
| Hawaiians of Old | Betty Dunford | Bess Press | 2002 | non-fiction, history | |
| Hina and the Sea of Stars | Michael Nordenstrom | Michael Nordenstrom | Bess Press | 2003 | picture book, children's book |
| A History of Punchbowl: Arlington of the Pacific | Pierre Moulin | Hawaii Army Museum Society | 2010 | non-fiction, history, military | |
| Holiday Gift-Giving Recipes | Muriel Miura | Mutual Publishing | 2005 | cook book | |
| Homemade Gifts of Sweets & Treats | Muriel Miura | Mutual Publishing | 2005 | cook book | |
| House of Thieves | Kaui Hart Hemmings | Penguin Press HC | 2005 | short stories, fiction | |
| How Maui Slowed the Sun | Suelyn Ching Tune | Robin Yoko Burningham | University of Hawaii Press | 1988 | children's book |
| How the B-52 Cockroach Learned to Fly | Lisa Matsumoto | Michael Furuya | Lehua Inc | 1995 | picture book, children's book |
| How to Be an American Housewife | Margaret Dilloway | Putnam Adult | 2010 | literary fiction, novel | |
| How to Weave Hawaiian Coconut Palm Fronds | Jim Widess | Mutual Publishing | 2006 | non-fiction, hobby | |
| Hula: Hawaiian Proverbs & Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Hula in Hawaii | Mutual Editors | Mutual Publishing | 2003 | hula, non-fiction | |
| Humble Honest Men | Bob Dye | Watermark Publishing | 2009 | literary fiction, novel | |
| If You Live in a Small House | Sandra Park | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | literary fiction, novel | |
| In the Shadow of the Pali: A Story of the Hawaiian Leper Colony | Lisa Cindrich | Putnam Juvenile | 2002 | historical fiction, middle school reader, young adult | |
| Kai the ‘Opihi Gets the Point | Gail Omoto and Jan and Judy Dill | Booklines Hawaii | 2006 | children's book, picture book | |
| Kamehameha the Warrior King of Hawai’i | Susan Morrison | University of Hawaii Press | 2003 | young adult, literary non-fiction, hawaiian history, myths and legends | |
| Kaneohe: A History of Change | Dennis M. Devaney, Marion Kelly, Lee Motteler | ||||
| Kau Kau: Cuisine & Culture in the Hawaiian Islands | Arnold Hiura | Watermark Publishing | 2009 | cookbook, history, plantation, food, photography | |
| The Last of the Dream People | Alice Anne Parker | H.J. Kramer | 1998 | fiction, novel, metaphysical | |
| A Legendary Tradition of Kamapua’a, The Hawaiian Pig-God | Lilikala Kameeleihiwa | Bishop Museum Press | 1996 | myths and legends, hawaiian history | |
| Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater | Duke Boyd | MVP Books | 2009 | surfing, non-fiction, sports, photography | |
| Lei Aloha | Marsha Heckman | Island Heritage Publishing | 2001 | lei, hobby, non-fiction, instructional | |
| Lele Kawa: Fire Rituals of Pele | Taupouri Tangaro | ||||
| A Literary Lei: Flowers & Plants of Hawai’i | Jim and Virginia Wageman | ||||
| The Little Lima Bean | Brent Ching | ||||
| The Living Art of Bonsai | Walter Liew | ||||
| The Maui Book of Lavender | Alii Chang, Lani Medina Weigert, and Jill Engledow | Watermark Publishing | |||
| Mele the Crab Finds the Way Out | Gail Omoto with Jan & Judy Dill | Garrett Omoto | |||
| Memories of Our House Befitting Heaven: A Halekulani History | |||||
| Men Who Ride Mountains: Incredibly True Tales of Legendary Surfers | Peter Dixon | ||||
| Mililani Mauka | Chris McKinney | ||||
| The Musubi Baby | Sandi Takayama | ||||
| The Musubi Man | Sandi Takayama | ||||
| The Musubi Man’s New Friend | Sandi Takayama | ||||
| My Dog has Flies- Poetry for Hawaii’s Kids | Sue Cowing | Jon J. Murakami | |||
| My Grandma Could Do Anything in Hawaii! | Ric Dilz | ||||
| Name Me Nobody | Lois-Ann Yamanaka | ||||
| Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai’i | Tom Coffman | ||||
| Night Fisher | R. Kikuo Johnson | ||||
| Night of the Howling Dogs | Graham Salisbury | ||||
| No Footprints in the Sand: A Memoir of Kalaupapa | Henry Kalalahilimoku Nalaielua | ||||
| O Kaina Ke Kumu Koa / Kaina the Koa Tree | Kawai’ae’a, Ka’awa, Keolanui, Kruger | Furchgott | |||
| Obake Files | Glen Grant | ||||
| Oh! A mystery of ‘mono no aware’ | Todd Shimoda | ||||
| Okazu at the Zoo | Laurie Ide | ||||
| One Man’s Paradise | Douglas Corleone | St. Martin's Press | 2010 | mystery, legal thriller, fiction, novel | |
| Pass On, No Pass Back! | Darrell H.Y. Lum | Bamboo Ridge Press | |||
| Pidgin to da Max | |||||
| Plants in Hawaiian Medicine | Beatrice Krauss | Bess Press | 2001 | botany, nature, non-fiction | |
| Plants of Old Hawaii | Lois Lucas | ||||
| Plenty Saimin | Feng Feng Hutchins | Adriano Abatayo | Island Paradise Publishing | 2010 | children's book, picture book |
| The Polynesian Tattoo Today | Tricia Allen | Mutual Publishing | |||
| Pono the Dog that Dreams | Jocelyn Fujii | Hula Moon Press | |||
| Prescriptions for Living a Creative Life | Neil Tepper | ||||
| A President from Hawai’i | Dr. Carolan | Joanna Carolan | Banana Patch Press | ||
| Pupus: An Island Tradition | Sachi Fukuda | ||||
| Rainbows Over Kapa’a | Bill Fernandez | ||||
| A Reasonable Person | Walter Davis | ||||
| Sam Surfs | Jing Jing Tsong | BeachHouse Publishing | |||
| Santa’s Hawaiian Holiday | Malia Collins | Linda Oszajca | |||
| School for Hawaiian Girls | Georgia Ka’apuni McMillen | ||||
| Slices of Life in Hawaii Volume 1 | J. Arthur Rath III | ||||
| Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawaii | Jocelyn Fujii | ||||
| Sun and Rain: Exploring Seasons in Hawai’i | Stephanie Feeney | ||||
| Tales of the Menehune | Mary Kawena Pukui | ||||
| There Was an Old Auntie | BeachHouse | John Aardema | |||
| Too Many Mangos | Tammy Paikai | Don Robinson | |||
| Top Maui Restaurants 2010 | James and Molly Jacobson | ||||
| Tropica | Tony Clapes | Yishan Li | |||
| Tuesday | David Wiesner | ||||
| Tutu’s Da Kine Hawaii | Dr. Kurt Schulz | ||||
| Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaii | Garrett Hongo | ||||
| Waikiki: Nine Walks Through Time | Veneeta Acson | ||||
| Waikiki Tiki: Art, History and Photographs | Phillip S. Roberts | ||||
| Wai-nani: High Chiefess of Hawai’i | Linda Ballou | ||||
| The Watercolor Cat | Shelly Mecum | ||||
| Wayfinding Through The Storm: Speaking Truth to Power at Kamehameha Schools 1993-1999 | Gavan Daws and Na Leo o Kamehameha | Watermark Publishing | 2009 | history, non-fiction | |
| Westlake: poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947 – 1984) | Wayne Westlake | ||||
| Where Are My Slippers? A Book of Colors | Dr. Carolan | Joanna Carolan | Banana Patch Press | ||
| Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers | Lois-Ann Yamanaka | ||||
| Wings of Paradise: Hawaii’s Incomparable Airlines | Peter N. Forman | Barnstormer Books | 2005 | non-fiction, history, aviation | |
| Words of Wisdom | Lama Surya Das | ||||
| Wordsworth Dances the Waltz | Frances H. Kakugawa | Melissa Desica | Watermark Publishing | ||
| Written in the Sky | Matthew Kaopio | Mutual Publishing | |||
| Emma's Rainy Day | BeachHouse | John Aardman | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Lucy and Lilo Help the Honu | Mary Kate Wright | Mary Kate Wright | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Nai`a to the Rescue | Katie Grove-Velasquez | Michael Ogata | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Geckos Make A Rainbow | BeachHouse | Jon J. Murakami | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | board book, children's book |
| If You Were A Dinosaur In Hawaii | BeachHouse | Holly Braffet | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | board book, children's book |
| What Maui Likes To Eat | Tylun Pang | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | cook book | |
| The Blue Tomato: The Inspirations Behind the Cuisine of Alan Wong | Alan Wong (with Arnold Hiura) | Watermark Publishing | 2010 | cook book | |
| Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawaii's Republican Reformer | Fred Rohlfing | Legacy Isle Publishing | 2010 | memoir, politics, history, non-fiction | |
| Lio the Carousel Horse | Carol Moen Wing | Ruth Moen | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Stories of Rell Sunn: Queen of Mākaha | Greg Ambrose | Bess Press | 2010 | non-fiction, surfing, biography, short stories, | |
| Hawaiian Country Tables: Vintage Recipes for Today’s Cook | Kaui Philpotts | Bess Press | 1998 | cook book | |
| Tweakerville | Alexei Melnick | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | literary fiction, novel | |
| Aunty Audrey's Big Island Eats | Audrey Wilson | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | cook book | |
| By Request 2 | Betty Shimabukuro | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | cook book | |
| Maile and the Huli Hula Chicken | Mary Braffet | Holly Braffet | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Geckos Up Geckos Down | BeachHouse | Jon J. Murakami | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | board book, children's book |
| The Last Aloha | Gaellen Quinn | Lost Coast Press | 2009 | literary fiction, novel | |
| Kekoa and the Egg Mystery | Tia Monteaux Walls | Holly Braffet | BeachHouse Publishing | 2010 | picture book, children's book |
| Arts and Crafts of Micronesia | Barbara Wavell | Bess Press | 2010 | non-fiction, art | |
| Bumpy Landings | Donald J. Carey | Bonneville Books | 2011 | literary fiction, novel, romance, coming of age | |
| Aloha KiKi | April M. Hiatt | Scott Bosshardt | 2010 | picture book, children's book | |
| Captain Cooked: Hawaiian Mystery of Romance, Revenge...and Recipes! | S.P. Grogan | Addison & Highsmith Publishers | 2010 | fiction, novel, mystery, romance | |
| The Cocktail Handbook: Cool Drinks from Hawaii's Hottest Bartenders | Jesse Greenleaf and Amie Fujiwara | Watermark Publishing | 2011 | non-fiction, cook book, drinks | |
| Skye Object 3270A | Linda Nagata | Mythic Island Press | 2010 | science fiction, novel, sci-fi | |
| Ancient Hawaiʻi | Herb Kane | Kawainui Press | 1998 | non-fiction, history, art | |
| American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | First Second | 2006 | graphic novel |
| The Eternal Smile | Gene Luen Yang | Derek Kirk Kim | First Second | 2009 | graphic novel |
| Prime Baby | Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | First Second | 2010 | graphic novel |
| We Were Here | Matt de la Peña | Delacorte Books | 2010 | Young Adult, fiction | |
| Song of the Silk Road | Mingmei Yip | Kensington Books | 2011 | fiction | |
| No Choice but to Follow | Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet S. Kono, Ann Inoshita, Christy Passion | Bamboo Ridge Press | 2010 | poetry | |
| Ball Don't Lie | Matt de la Peña | Delacorte Books | 2007 | Young Adult, fiction, basketball | |
| Hoʻokupu: An Offering of Literature by Native Hawaiian Women | Miyoko Sugano, Jackie Pualani Johnson | Mutual Publishing | 2009 | poetry, short stories, collection | |
| Cold Magic | Kate Elliott | Orbit | 2010 | fantasy, fiction | |
| Anshū: Dark Sorrow | Juliet S. Kono | Bamboo Ridge Press | 2010 | fiction, novel, World War II, Japan | |
| We Go Eat: A Mixed Plate From Hawaii's Food Culture | Susan Yim (editor) | Hawaii Council for the Humanities | 2009 | short stories, poems, prose, food | |
| Thirteen Ways of Looking at TheBus | Gizelle Gajelonia | TinFish Press | 2010 | poetry | |
| Coming Home – A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Caring for a Dying Loved One | Deborah Duda | Synergy Books | 2010 | non-fiction, senior care, mental health | |
| Night on Fire | Douglas Corleone | Minotaur Books | 2011 | mystery, legal thriller, fiction, novel | |
| Merrie the Little Hula Dancer | Maureen Quemada | Maureen Quemada | Mutual Publishing | 2011 | children's book, picture book |
| I Choose You | Patricia Lei Murray | Island Heritage Publishing | 2010 | children's chapter book, young adult | |
| Ohana-Hawaiian Proverbs & Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Family in Hawai’i | Betty Santos | Mutual Publishing | 2002 | quotations, inspirational | |
| Orchid Isles: The Story of Orchids in Hawai’i | Paul Wood | Ron Dahlquist (photography) | Island Heritage Publishing | 2006 | photography, botany, nature |
| Waves of Resistance: Surfing and History in Twentieth-Century Hawaiʻi | Isaiah Helekunihi Walker | University of Hawaii Press | 2011 | surfing, non-fiction, hawaiian history, politics | |
| Bamboo Ridge #98 | Eric Chock, Darrell H. Y. Lum (Editor) | Bamboo Ridge Press | 2011 | poetry, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, compilation | |
| Noodles for Baby | BeachHouse | Jamie Meckel | BeachHouse Publishing | 2011 | board book, children's book, picture book, baby |
| Natural Hawaii: An Inquisitive Kid’s Guide | Dana Rozier | Dotdot Books | 2011 | children's reference, non-fiction, nature | |
| The Hawaii Book of Rice | Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi | Watermark Publishing | 2011 | food, cookbook, non-fiction, culture | |
| Kelli's Hanauma Friends | Jean Yamasaki Toyama | Russell Sunabe | CreateSpace | 2010 | children's book, picture book, poetry |
| Kaka‘ako As We Knew It | Marsha Gibson | Mutual Publishing | 2011 | non-fiction, short stories, history, neighborhood, kakaako | |
| Legend of the Hula Moose | Christine Taylor Sprowl Tetak | Diane Lucas | BookSurge Publishing | 2010 | children's book, picture book |
| The Hawaii Beer Book | Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi | Watermark Publishing | 2009 | non-fiction, food | |
| Managing With Aloha | Rosa Say | Ho'ohana Publishing | 2004 | non-fiction, business | |
| A Pocket Guide To: The Battle of Nu’uanu 1795 | Neil Bernard Dukas | Mutual Publishing | 2010 | non-fiction, reference, hawaiian history, military history, maps | |
| Hawaii’s Pets: Photos of Our Animal Ohana | Tim McGuire | Deb McGuire (photographer) | Mutual Publishing | 2011 | non-fiction, animals, photography, pets, cute |
| Three Years on Doreen's Sofa | Lee Cataluna | Bamboo Ridge Press | 2011 | fiction, novel | |
| Punahou Blues | Kirby Wright | Lemon Shark Press | 2005 | fiction, novel | |
| Matson the Mouse | Duncan O'Brien | Robyn Drage | Pier 10 Media | 2011 | children's book, picture book |
| Filipino Ghost Stories | Alex G. Paman | Tuttle Publishing | 2011 | short stories, myths and legends, ghosts, supernatural | |
| On Vacation With Tutu | Lynne Wikoff | Tammy Yee | Mutual Publishing | 2011 | children's book, picture book |
| Damien: The Making of a Saint | Mutual Publishing | 2011 | non-fiction, biography, picture book | ||
| Murder in Waikiki | Fred Zackel | Fred Zackel | 2010 | ebook, fiction, mystery | |
| Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior | Mark Panek | University of Hawaii Press | 2011 | non-fiction, biography | |
| Oh! A mystery of 'mono no aware' | Todd Shimoda | Chin Music Press | 2009 | fiction, novel, Japan | |
| Moon Mangoes | Lindy Shapiro | Kathleen Peterson | BeachHouse Publishing | 2011 | children's book, picture book |
| Up Among the Stars | Matthew Kaopio | Mutual Publishing | 2011 | fiction, novel | |
| Don't Look Back: Hawaiian Myths Made New | Christine Thomas (editor) | Watermark Publishing | 2011 | myths and legends, folk tales, short stories | |
| Tasi's Gift: A Tale of Samoa | Tamara Montgomery | Joseph D. Dodd | Calabash Books | 2011 | children's book, picture book, Samoa, folk tales |
| KAPOHO: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii | Frances H. Kakugawa | Watermark Publishing | 2011 | memoir, non-fiction, plantation era, World War II, | |
| One Boy, No Water | Lehua Parker | Jolly Fish Press | 2012 | young adult, YA, novel, fiction, fantasy, adventure | |
| The Little Hawaiian Bento Box Cookbook | Susan K. Yuen | Mutual Publishing | 2012 | cookbook, bento, Japanese | |
| The Little Hawaiian Lilikoi Cookbook | Mutual Publishing | 2012 | cookbook | ||
| Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaii | George Tanabe and Willa Jane Tanabe | University of Hawaii Press | 2012 | non-fiction, Japanese, Buddhism, Temples, Guide, Photography | |
| Maka the Magic Music Maker | Shannon Scott | Holly Braffett | BeachHouse Publishing | 2012 | children's book, picture book, ukulele, music, keiki |
| Engraved at Lahainaluna | David W. Forbes | Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society | 2012 | non-fiction, Lahainaluna, history, Maui, | |
| Daughters of Fire | Tom Peek | Koa Books | 2012 | fiction, novel, mythology, Hawaiian, folk tales, goddess, Pele, Poliahu | |
| Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer! | Frances H. Kakugawa | Andrew J. Catanzariti | Watermark Publishing | 2012 | children's book, picture book, keiki, poetry, environment |
Reading Lists
At Hawaii Book Blog, we often create or post a number of reading lists compiling Hawaii books under a related theme or concerning a specific person or resource. So if you are looking for something specific or just want to peruse books in a certain category, check these out! If you have any requests or recommendations, we’d love to hear them!
- 10 Favorite Hawaii Children’s Books
- National Dog Week: A Keiki Reading List
- Asian Supernatural: A Reading List
- Hispanic Heritage Month: Hispanics in Hawaii
- Labor Day in Hawaii: A Reading List
- Filipino-American History Month: A Reading List
- Black History Month/Presidents Day Reading List
- Governor Ben Cayetano’s Required Reading
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