Books with author Dr. Carolan

Children and adults will be transported to a tropical dreamland with Dr. Carolan's lyrical text and illustrations by award-winning Kauai artist, Joanna F. Carolan. The book comes with an audio CD by GRAMMY® Award Nominee, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, which includes her rendition of Brahms' Lullaby sung in Hawaiian and English. Amy is accompanied by the award winning sounds of Ken Emerson on slack key guitar.

Kids will have fun finding their piko - the Hawaiian word for bellybutton - in this parts-of-the-body Kauai pediatrician, Dr. Carolan. This Is My Piko comes with a read-along CD narrated by award-winning Hawaiian recording artist Napua Grieg. In addition to the narration, the CD includes a sing-along with Napua and her daughters performing a Hawaiian folk song about the parts of the body by Auntie Edith Kanaka'ole.

Barack Obama is the first United States President to be born in Hawai‘i, the Aloha State. A President from Hawai‘i — originally distributed exclusively in that state — explores the unique history and cultural traditions of President Obama’s birthplace. In addition to the well-known concept of aloha, it introduces such Hawaiian concepts as kokua (to help), lokahi (unity), and ohana (family), among others, and includes quotes from Barack Obama’s speeches, books, and interviews that reflect and embrace these themes.

Visit with "Old Makana" on his Taro Farm in Hawai'i. This engaging book comes with a sing-along CD, by preeminent Hawaiian recording artists Willie K and Eric Gilliom. This engaging duo bring Hawai'i to life with slack key guitar and this Hawaiian version of the children's classic Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Children will learn the Hawaiian names of native and farm animals found in Hawai'i and the sounds they make. Joanna Carolan's colorful and whimsical illustrations will charm children of all ages. Old Makana Had a Taro Farm won a 2008 Bronze Moonbeam Children's Book Award from the Independent Publishers' Association.

Anyone who lives in Hawaii, or has visited, knows how easy it is to lose a pair of slippers. Dr. Carolan's third book takes up where his second book ("B is for Beach") leaves off: at the Honolulu Zoo looking for a lost pair of slippers. Kids will have fun learning their colors as they see the various colored animals at the zoo. Get ready to be entertained by Dr. Carolan's wonderful rhymes and Joanna Carolan's bright illustrations.

Puppets No Strings Attached is the story of four grandchildren's adventure with their grandmother. It is spring break, so Drew, Dakota, Paige, and Max will spend it with their grandmother at the family cabin. The cabin is in a secluded forest on a mountain where they have encountered many adventures. Unbeknownst to them, their adventure this time will be the most memorable. Their grandmother has told them she has a 'surprise bigger then any before.' During the lunar eclipse the surprise is unveiled, it is a suitcase holding family heirloom puppets. Mahogany, Maple, Tipo, Splinter, and Elm carved by their great-great-grandfather during the lunar eclipse the puppets come to life for one week. Bringing a week of monumental adventures that are hysterically fun and some that are trying.