Koa's Beach Adventures: Waves at Waikiki

By CLMH O'Connor

Here's the Amazon description for Hawaii. It's built to sell: hook first, then the story, then the series value and the environmental angle - with light formatting since Amazon renders basic HTML.

Koa's back - and this time, the wind carries him all the way to Hawaii.

Most koalas live high in the gum trees. Not Koa. With his surfboard under one arm and his recycling sack over his shoulder, he sails into Waikiki looking for his next adventure - and finds a wild boar named Moku carving down the waves like he was born on the water.

Koa wants to learn to surf. Moku wants to know what to do with all the plastic washing up on his beautiful beach. So they make a deal: Koa will show Moku how to sort, save, and recycle - and Moku will teach Koa the secrets of his island.

And what secrets they are. An island that grew out of the sea from fire. A volcano you can still see today. Gentle green sea turtles - honu - resting on the warm sand. The birthplace of surfing itself. By the time the stars come out over Diamond Head, Koa has caught his first wave, made a new friend, and left the beach cleaner than he found it.

A story about the environment, geography, and culture - one coastline, one friend, at a time.

Waves at Waikiki is Book 2 in the Koa's Beach Adventures series. Each book takes young readers to a real place, introduces a real local animal, and weaves in real facts about how our world works and why it's worth looking after - all wrapped in a warm, funny friendship story.

Perfect for:

Children ages 3-8Little ones who love animals, the beach, and the oceanParents and teachers looking for gentle lessons about recycling and caring for the planetCurious kids who love learning real facts about faraway places

And then there's Gully. Gully is a seagull. Gully means well. Gully also gets tangled in nets, buried in sand, and generally ends every single book worse for wear than he started it. See if your little reader can spot him - and all six of his cousins - hiding on the pages.

A portion of proceeds from every book helps fund real recycling projects, starting in the Pacific - right where Koa's journey began.

Collect the series:
Book 1 - Byron Bay
Book 2 - Waves at Waikiki
More coastlines coming soon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBPX4S5T
• ISBN13: 9798189098031
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"