Aloha mai!

APALA Pasifika Picture Book Winner 2026

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written by Kamalani Hurley
illustrated by Harinani Orme
published by Millbrook Press

Scenes from Kaho’olawe, the island

on this once beautiful island, red hard-pan shows the devastation
piles of drift nets abound
beautiful rocky shoreline at Hakioawa Bay
a memorial to the two Hawaiian souls, George Helm and Kimo Mitchell, who were lost at sea in 1977
the mountain across the sea is Haleakalā, Maui
a sign of hope growing once again on the island
ānuenue bridges heaven and earth