Books with author Hazel Hutchins

Of noble blood, but unluckily born in time os constant strife and change in the tiny island kingdom of Hawaii...Many times in her troubled life Liliuokalani had to hold her head high with queenly pride, as she watched the power of the throne being slowly and inexorably sapped by self-interested men. The proud and pathetic figure of Queen Liliuokalani is the focal point in this absorbing, authenticated story of the last years of the Kingdom of Hawaii and its transition into territorial status.

Claire starts researching her town's history, but with the help of a bossy 100-year-old cat named Cortez she finds out much more than she expected. "…a style that combines light-hearted humour with some serious but digestible, statements on the environment." - Calgary Herald "…an action-packed and humorous story…" - In Search of Canadian Materials Winner of the Alberta Writers' Children's Literary Award.

A gentle story about a brave little boy and his goat who, after many wrong turns, meet a baby giant in need of their help. In order to fully capture the size of the giants, Two So Small features an extra-large fold-out picture at the story's end. A long time ago, a boy sets out to visit his grandmother. His father sternly warns him against leaving their small land, giving him specific directions to Grandmother's house: "under the bridge, around the trees, left at the big rock, in front of the waterfall, and over the hill." The boy hitches his goat to the cart and they are on their way. When they reach the bridge, he can't remember the right way. He asks his goat, but she is nibbling sweet grass and doesn't answer. Beside her, he finds something long and round like a rope and puts it into the cart, and off they go over the bridge. Next they come to some trees. Here he discovers something round and shiny like a dinner plate. Into the cart he places it and off they continue through the trees. At last they reach a big rock and again, the boy can't remember the way and the goat provides no help! But there, on the ground, is something pointed and colorful like a tent. He folds it up and puts it in the cart. At the waterfall, they discover something squishy and lumpy like a jellyfish and add it to their growing collection of souvenirs. Things are beginning to become peculiar as enormous weeds surround them and the trees are taller than any near home. They go on their way, behind the waterfall, over the hill, and there on the other side is...a great big baby. It is a baby giant -- a very sad, very big baby giant with one shoe half-off, a mixed-up shirt, a sunburned nose and an empty baby bottle. The boy is at first afraid, but he feels sorry for the sad baby and decides to help. From the cart the boy takes the rope, and soon the baby's shoe is back on. The 'dinner plate' makes an excellent button, and they neatly fasten the baby's shirt with it. The tent turns out to be a giant baby's hat, and the squishy jellyfish thing belongs on the end of a giant baby bottle, which is quickly filled with sweet goat's milk. As the sun sets, the goat, the boy and the baby curl up and fall asleep. Mama giant finds them like this and, suspicious at first, soon recognizes all they have done for her lost child. "All done by two so small," she smiles, gathers them up in her hand and lifts them back into the land of humans.

Another charming rhyming picture book from the celebrated team of Hazel Hutchins and Ruth Ohi. Jeremy tries to hide among the many toy monsters in his bedroom. But when his father recognizes him, they begin a lovingly simple and repetitious game of verbal hide-and-seek. "If I became a moss green frog Beside a singing creek, Like every other moss green frog That you might ever meet -- If I became a moss green frog, Would you know me then?" "I'd know you anywhere," said his father. Jeremy's playful imagination skips through other possible disguises and hideaways: an octopus beneath the ocean deep; a sheep upon a mountainside; a cloud drifting high above; a single blade of grass in the yard below; a monster dressed in monster clothes. After each poetic question Jeremy's father replies reassuringly, "I'd know you." And Jeremy laughs and says, "I'd know you too." Warm, soft watercolor illustrations depict with gentle humor the many incarnations of Jeremy. A comforting, reassuring book that children and parents will enjoy reading together.