Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-February 25, 2021
Friends of the Library Pop-up Bookstore If you are still mourning the Mckinley High School book sale that was canceled last summer, you have a new opportunity to buy gently-used…
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Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun–January 28, 2021
Photo: 'Aiea Bowl Facebook Page Pick a Lane The weather forecast says the rain should pause for the weekend. Still, it may be a good time for some indoor recreation. Bowling alleys are open and the workers we called say…
Your Weekend: The Best Holiday Family Fun-December 17, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Ice Cubed Hawai'i Editorʻs Note: We will be taking a few weeks off to spend the holidays with our family. Weʻll see you back with our first Weekend Guide of 2021 (phew!) on Jan. 7. Make-A-Snowman Kit…
Good Reads: 8 Great Books to Add to Your Library in Summer 2020
(Editor's note: As families stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, many apps for reading have made themselves available for free. We recommend Epic! for electronic books and Audible or audio books. You also can find books on the Libby app, using your library card. And if…
Christi Young Reads Michael B. Kaplan’s “Betty Bunny Loves Easter”
The former editorial director of HONOLULU Magazine, Frolic Hawai‘i and HONOLULU Family reads the holiday children’s book for the latest Virtual Storytime.
30 Hawai‘i Keiki Books to Add To Your Library
Photos: Karen DB Photography, Aaron K. Yoshino and David Croxford They never need batteries, charging or lose their visibility in the glare of the sun. Books are the ultimate portable entertainment, at least that’s what I tell my kids. I…
Good Reads: 7 New Books to Add to Your Library in Winter 2019
Ava, 4 Who Is Afraid of Little Wolf? by Yayo Kawamura Photos: Aaron K. Yoshino As told to her mom: “The animals are afraid of the little wolf, but the little bee helps them to all be friends. My favorite part is…
Good Reads: Books That Inspire Kids to be Helpful and Kind
These fun stories teach keiki lessons in kindness, resourcefulness and how to help others.
A New Book For Hawai‘i-Keiki: “Kai Goes to the Farmers Market”
O‘ahu mom and writer Catherine Toth Fox gets kids excited about Hawai‘i-grown foods.
Our Family Guide: Unexpected Ways to Use Your Hawai‘i State Public Library Card
That red plastic card taking up space in your wallet is more valuable than you think.
Why Do Smart Parents Do The Same Dumb Things?
That’s the question local clinical psychologist Rosalie Tatsuguchi asks in her book.
Where Is Hawai‘i's New Bookmobile?
Photo: Courtesy of Hawaiʻi LiteracyThe inside of the Bookmobile, where kids can borrow reading materials, play on tablets and spend time with peers. A brand-new Bookmobile is now rolling across the island of Oʻahu to help more kids develop a love…
Good Reads: 7 New Books to Add to Your Keiki’s Bookshelf This Summer 2019
Finn, 4 Hangry by Drew Brockington Photos: Aaron K. Yoshino “This book is about a dinosaur that gets bigger and bigger and bigger because he is ‘hangry.’ I like Hangry because it’s funny, and I like the part when the…
Good Reads: 6 New Books to Read in Spring 2019
Chloe, 3 Dandy by Ame Dyckman Photos: Aaron K. Yoshino Her mom: “Sweetie the lion club makes friends with a dandelion that sprouts on her Daddy’s lawn. Daddy realizes that his lawn isn’t going to be perfect, and Sweetie’s happiness means…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Nov. 7, 2018
Photo: Wahiawā Lions Club FacebookOn Monday, marchers will hand out flags to keiki to wave during the Wahiawā Lions Club's 72th Veterans Day Parade. Wahiawā Lions Club 72 Veterans Day Parade Early Monday morning, set up your lawn chairs and picnic…
Good Reads: 8 New Books to Read in Fall 2018
Novyse, 3 Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller Photos: Aaron K. Yoshino “I like this book because Aria’s hair looks just like mine. And she says ‘no’ to people and animals who try to play with her hair.” 0…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-June 13, 2018
ESPN 1420 Sports Festival 2018 Discover your inner-athlete at the 8th annual ESPN 1420 Sports Festival, happening this Saturday in the Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. The free event will have a video-gaming area; a sports expo with health-and-fitness products, rock-climbing walls for keiki, and…
Inside Look: 2019 Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival
Photo: Courtesy of Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival The Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival comes to downtown Honolulu this Saturday and Sunday, featuring children’s book authors, live entertainment, discounts on local books and music, and a book swap where keiki…
Inside Look at The Nānākuli Public Library
Photos: Glenn Miura of CDS International For years, families in the Leeward Coast communities of Nānākuli and Mā‘ili had to drive to Wai‘anae or Kapolei to get to a public library. That ended on April 14, 2018, when the state’s 51st…
Good Reads: 7 New Books to Check Out in Spring 2018
Win it! Enter to win our keiki book reviewers selections plus a prize pack of four more of our editor's favorite books. Dannica, 2 Bunny’s Staycation by Lori Richmond Photos: David Croxford & Aaron K. Yoshino “Bunny missed his mom…
Nook or Kindle — or not?
I love books. Real books. The kind you hold in your hands to read. The kind you throw in a backpack and take to the beach.But now there are all these e-readers and e-books that are taking the feel of…
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