The Ugly 'Elepaio

by Tammy Yee, Rich Clarkson (Translator)

Picture book of a bird family in Hawaii. Lots of Hawaiian words. Great full-color pictures.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Tammy Yee is the author and/or illustrator of more than 40 children's books. She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi where she explored tide pools, swam in streams, and wrote and illustrated spooky stories her teachers politely read. After she graduated from college, she worked as a pediatric nurse.
Having children rekindled her love for picture books, so in 1994 she exchanged her stethoscope for a paintbrush, and she's been writing and illustrating ever since. In 2022, she was inducted into the Children's Literature of Hawaii's (CLH) Hall of Fame.