Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of Hawaii

by Tanya Lee Stone, Lee Jacobs

The Hawaiian Islands are home to a variety of animals, including many that are endangered. Read about humpback whales, green sea turtles, hoary bats, stilt birds, tree snails, and more!

24 pages, Library Binding

First published September 20, 2004

About the author

Tanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of books for kids and teens. Her work, which includes YA fiction (A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl), picture books (Elizabeth Leads the Way and Sandy's Circus), and nonfiction (Almost Astronauts and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie) has won national awards such as the ALA's Sibert Medal, SCBWI's Golden Kite Award, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction, Jane Addams Book Award Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, NCTE's Orbus Pictus, and Bank Street's Flora Steiglitz Award. Forthcoming titles include Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?! and The House that Jane Built (Holt 2013) and Courage Has No Color (Candlewick 2013).

Reviews

[Teri · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty good--we saw almost all of these animals on our trip to kauaii