Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 8, 1 August 2006 — Where I Live [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Where I Live

By Julie Stewart Williams lllustrated by Robin Yoko Racoma Kamehameha Schools Press; $5.95-$9.95

Robin Yoko Racoma's art in the Where I Live children's series is so vibrant and colorful that as you riffle through the glossy pages of one of the titles, you get the feeling that you're looking at a high-end, special-edition eomie book. But instead of describing the amazing feats of superheroes, the books spotlight four loeal eommunities - Kāne'ohe, Wai'anae, Waimānalo and Moloka'i - providing keiki with valuable eultural information about their neighborhoods. The books note the various wildlife, geographi-

eal features and cultural activities that are found in eaeh area. All the books, except for Moloka'i: Where I Live, have Hawaiian language counterparts, translated by B.J. Kamālamalamaonālani Ka'ōpūiki Peloso.