Make paper Hawaiian leis as shown here: parenting.leehansen.com/crafts/hawaiian-lei-craft.htm I separate each flower with one inch cut from a plastic drinking straw, which is easy to thread onto the yarn.

For a movement activity, do a variation of "The Hokey Pokey," and other great activities offered by Sharon Navarro of the Moreno Valley Public Library. See her outline at: www.librarypalooza.com/downloads/storytime_sparks/hawaii_calls.pdf

Feeney, Stephanie. A IS FOR ALOHA.
   An alphabet book celebrating Hawaii, with black and white photos.

Fellows, Rebecca. A LEI FOR TUTU.
   Nahoa looks forward to Lei Day, until Tutu gets sick.

Guback, Georgia. LUKA'S QUILT.
   After Tutu (grandmother) makes a Hawaiian-style quilt, Luka wishes for a more colorful one.

Joosse, Barbara. GRANDMA CALLS ME BEAUTIFUL.
   Grandma tells a favorite story about her granddaughter.

Kono, Erin. HULA LULLABY.
   A young girl sleeps on mother's lap in this brief rhyming book.

Martin, Rafe. SHARK GOD.
   A brother and sister are imprisoned by a king, but because they freed a shark caught in a net, the Shark God comes to their rescue.

Rattigan, Jama Kim. DUMPLING SOUP.
   A family eats foods reflecting their Hawaiian, Korean, and Japanese cultures.

Samuels, Barbara. ALOHA, DOLORES.
   Dolores and her cat Duncan enter a contest to win a trip to Hawaii.

Takayama, Sandi. SUMORELLA: A HAWAII CINDERELLA STORY.
   Mango Boy is teased for being skinny, so he dreams of becoming a sumo wrestler.

Williams, Laura. TORCH FISHING WITH THE SUN.
   Makoa worries about his aging grandfather.