Beyond 'Ohi'a Valley: Adventures in a Hawaiian Rainforest

by Lisa Matsumoto

Book Overview

Beyond Ohia Valley is a wonderful book filled with rich illustrations, and engaging text. Matsumoto weaves an adventurous tale about a young snail named Kahuli, who unlike the other tree snails, longs... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964749122
• ISBN13: 9780964749122
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Lehua Inc
• Length: 35 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Beautiful

I absolutely fell in love with this book because of the illustrations while I was in Maui. I have shared it with my entire family and they all love it. Yes, this is a childrens book but I highly recommend it to everyone. The illustrations were very beautiful and the characters were very comical and told me a lot about the native animals of Hawaii.

Great intro to Hawaii's Native Species Plight

At first I fell in love with this book purely because of the delightful illustrations by Michael Furuya. But after reading it over and over I found it to be a great introduction to the problems of Hawaii's native species, even for adults(as it is a childrens book). Although it is basic, the story about a Hawaiian Tree snail who meets up with a Hawaiian Happy Face spider and goes searching for adventure is fun and swiftly paced. It then introduces some of the many introduced species that have wreaked havoc on native flora and fauna. I loved this story, it is great for anyone who has an interest in Native Hawaiian Fauna, especially for teaching children, or anyone who collects childrens books ( for illustrations or otherwise).