There's a Monster in My Opu

By Karyn Hopper

After a boy and his dad arrive at the North Shore for a Saturday morning of surfing, the boy discovers that a noisy monster has joined them! With the help of a lei-making auntie and a favorite local... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573062448
• ISBN13: 9781573062442
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Bess Press
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

My Daughter Loves It

I got this book while in Oahu. We read it most nights of the week. She loves it and I get to tickle her every time we come to a page with the monster on it!

Cultural learning adventure...

This book is a simple, fun, colorful introduction to some of the "local" culture in Hawaii. If you visit Oahu, you will recognize some of the places in the book. Here is a pronunciation/translation guide for a few of the words and places in the book: opu - (oh-poo) stomach Haleiwa - (ha-lay-ee-vah) surfing town on the North Shore of Oahu pau - (pow) finished haku - (ha-koo) head Matsumoto - (mot-sue-moe-toe) mom and pop store on the North Shore lychee - (lie-chee) a sweet, small fruit with rough red skin, and tender white flesh surrounding a capsule-shaped brown seed shave ice - ice shaved off a large frozen block into a paper cone, flavored syrup is poured over it