Talk about a dream come true. KAHO’OLAWE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN ISLAND AND HER PEOPLE is a fea­tured book at Barnes & Noble.

B&N is the only major book­seller on Oʻahu, so being in their win­dow is very cool. Amaz­ing illus­tra­tor Hari­nani Orme and I had fun at the book read­ing and sign­ing event. But we always have fun when we’re togeth­er. It’s so rare for both author and illus­tra­tor to appear togeth­er. Talk about special!

One lit­tle boy about 7 or 8 years old, asked, 

Is this is real story?

Yes, I replied. the sto­ry of Kahoʻo­lawe is very real.

We hand­ed out book­marks from the pub­lish­er and col­or­ing pages Hari­nani made to the kids, then stayed to talk sto­ry with the grownups for a bit.

Maha­lo to every­one who stopped by and to the good folks at Barnes & Noble for host­ing us!

Pho­to cred­it: Hari­nani Orme