New Releases by Vera Arita

Join us at a hukilau in Hawaii! Let''s cast our net into the sea and watch what we catch--instead of catching Butterflyfish or a Rainbow wrasse, we catch the entire alphabet from A to Z. It''s a fun way to learn the alphabet and a few facts about some of Hawaii''s colorful and amazing sea life. A photographic glossary of fish is included.

This ground-breaking book is specifically designed to begin introducing young children to phonics through a vibrantly illustrated text that can be read or sung to an original musical score by the author, Vera Arita. Its such a fun, whimsical book that kids wont even know theyre learning. As a special education teacher for over 25 years, Arita wanted to share a book that would help kids remember how to sound-out letters through repetition, visual cues, and movement. Each letter can be traced by hand. By doing so, your child will learn how to write the letter and will also remember the name and sound of the letter through his/her movement. The text, so simple and so fun, repeats the sound of the letter, and the beautiful, whimsical illustrations by Ron Louie help put a picture to the sound. But besides the learning involved, this is a fun, colorful board book just for local kids with animals, things, and places they can relate to.

Illustrated rhyming text introduces various animals that live in Hawaii, including the monk seal, gecko, and kolea bird.

Written in a rhythm and rhyme children will want to hear read again and again, All Around the Islands, adapted from the classic rhyme "Over in the Meadow," explores the many different animals one will find in the Hawaiian Islands. From humpback whales to iwa birds, readers will love this introduction to Hawaii''s eight main islands, its scenery and wildlife, and counting from one to ten.