New Book The gecko says, "click, click!"

 Hello June!

A new baby board book I wrote and illustrated have been just published and available in store in Hawai'i.

It's about Hawaii's animal sounds, diversity and togetherness with harmony.

I created this book from the viewpoint of our grand-daughter Eden who lives in the farm with lots of animal sounds, and dedicated for her😊

www.welcometotheislands.com

Humu's signing 🐠

Humu 'ohana (family) and I want to say mahalo to everyone who organized the book event to celebrate Humu's 20 years birthday🎂🎉😃
I met new people, reconnected with Humu's author Kimberly...am so grateful for a blessed day ☀️🌴mahalo!
Humu books available at stores in Hawaii, amazon, and welcometotheislands.

with Humu's author Kimberly A. Jackson (left), me (right)

Humu book will be 20 years old!

Please meet Humu🐠
The Hawaii's state fish, his real name is Humuhumunukunukuapua'a 😃💦
My illustrated Humu book will be 20 years old next 🎂✨time surely flies!
There will be a book signing on Dec 18, 8-11am at Hualalai Trading Company, Big Island Hawai'i. If you have a chance please stop by and say hello. Mahalo!☺️🏝
All Humu books available at stores in Hawai'i, amazon, and welcometotheislands.

HUMU: The Little Fish Who Wished Away His Colors
Written by Kimberly A. Jackson
Illustrated by Yuko Green
Island Heritage © 2000

HUMU Coloring & Activity Book © 2013
HUMU's Colorful Ocean: Peek'n Squeak © 2008
HUMU book © 2000
Written by Kimberly A. Jackson
Illustrated by Yuko Green

A New Book! A Song for the Colors and the Flowers of Hawai'i

I am truly so honored and grateful that I was given the opportunity to illustrate the children book written by Kumu Lehua Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, who had received his lifetime achievement award from Nahoku Honahona Awards last weekend, and the book was released October 25.
A Song for the Colors and the Flowers of Hawai'i is a song about Hawaiian nature.
Done in the mixed media, digital collage.

Wherever you are, take some time and be still today, and hear the nature song.

Available form Island Heritage, $12.99.

written by Kawaikapuokalani Hewett
illustrated by Yuko Green
©2019 Island Heritage Publishing

   

☀️a little 'i'iwi bird wants to tell you what he hears and sees, how beautiful these islands are🌱🌿🌴a part of illustration I did for a special song book of Hawai'i🐥🎼🌸that is coming out this year from Island Heritage Publisher.

progress on a new picture book about song and colors of Hawai'i

I am always happy illustrating Hawaiian nature🌱🌿I am so honored and grateful that I have been working on a new picture book about song and colors of Hawai'i. I feel truly blessed to illustrate this special book, and I cannot wait to share with you more🙂
Have a wonderful day with music in your heart 🎼🌺🌿

New! 10 Little Geckos: Hawaiian Count-Down

Juggling with my day job of being a high school teacher and doing all my art things is sometimes...challenging, but I am so so thankful to God for these beautiful and colorful experiences in my life.

My newest book "10 Little Geckos: Hawaiian Count-Down: is finally here! I'm so excited to see this book came out very beautifully and cute:) The book is Hawaiian version of a popular count-down rhyme and I had this idea about 7 years ago or so... and wrote it, edit it, illustrated it, modified it many times...to this one! As usual with all my recent books, I merged both hand-drawn elements and digital collage, and the funnest part of illustrating this book was to incorporate the fun-messy-textures to the background.

10 Little Geckos is an adorable Little Rainbow Reader book that teaches young children counting in an engaging and colorful way. The book follows ten multicolored geckos and their adventures under the Hawaiian sun. They visit their friends all throughout the islands including a dolphin, a mynah bird, and even a hula dancing girl! 10 Little Geckos follows an engaging rhyming pattern that tells a cute story while making it easier for children to memorize numbers. Each page also features the Hawaiian word for the numbers one through ten. It is sure to be a favorite among keiki! Hardcover. 23 pages. Available from welcometotheislands.com  $12.95, and soon from Amazon.

10 Little Geckos:Hawaiian Count Down
written and illustrated by Yuko Green
Island Heritage Publishing @2018

10 ('umi) first spread
10 little geckos waking up in the morning and and ready for the day's adventures

3 ('ekolu)
in the afternoon toward the evening, geckos going home
and now only 3 left

illustrations for "10 Little Geckos" finished!

My first post this year. May your new year filled with peace, growth, and discovery of new things. As for me, last year was yes, many discoveries, learning (yes always) and growth. 

My motto this year is to trust God, trust my journey...
Many things in my life for last few years asked me who I wanted to be, what I really wanted to do, be really honest with myself (and be a little bit bolder😊).  So I decide to give myself permission to take more chances to explore new ways to do my art. I was always attracted to beautiful messy canvas textures, so I made collage painting on canvases and merged them into my digital collage as background... I also played more with photoshop and what fun I had, I was like a child again! I really enjoyed the whole process of making this book. 

I wrote this story "10 Little Gecko" about 10 years ago, and was accepted by my publisher last spring. With my day job as a high school teacher and all other things, the process was slow with a big learning curve, but I am so happy with the results. I finished all illustration finally working from summer. It will come out for 2018 Christmas🎄from Island Heritage Publishing. For more details of my books and illustrations, please check my instagram @yukogreen.art.

cover sketches
10 Little Geckos by Yuko Green

almost there...cover illustration
10 Little Geckos by Yuko Green

Ocean Friends 1-2-3

Ocean Friends 1-2-3
written by Kevin Teruya
illustrated by Yuko Green
32 pages
© Island Heritage 2017
ISBN#: 1-61710-321-7

Ocean Friends 1-2-3 is a colorful and creative book for children to learn counting one to ten in English, Hawaiian, and Japanese with a little Hawaiian monk seal, ‘liio, through his adventure. He will meet friends like playful dolphins, busy honu, and grandfater octopus! He even has a tiny gecko friend hidden on every page, be sure to find him :)
Available now at stores in Hawaii and from Island Heritage.

Island Yumi Paper Doll Play Set

                                   

island Yumi Paper Doll Play Se
2 Paper Dolls, reusable stickers, fold-out play scenes
created by Yuko Green
© 2016 Island Heritage

Go on endless adventures with Aloha, Mai, puppy Poi and Kitty cat. Dress them up in cute outfits, add props and accessories as they explore fold-open stores and market stands. Includes 2 stand-up dolls, 2 stand-up sets, 5 play scenes, and 70 reusable vinyl stickers! Carrying case makes travel easy and keeps all pieces neatly stored. Packaged acetate box approx. measurements: 6-17/20” (w) x 6-1/2” (h) x 1-1/8” (d) $7.99 at Hawaii's local stores and from Island Heritage Publishing.

New! Honu Honu, Where Are You?

Baby Dolphin wants to play. Join him as he looks high and low for his friend Honu, the baby sea turtle and discovers so much more on this fun ocean adventure. Young children will love looking for Honu under the lift-the-flap hiding spots. Written in rhyme by Tammy Paikai and colorfully illustratedby me.

14 pages, $11.95. 

At local stores and from Island Heritage Publishing, and amazon.

Honu Honu, Where Are You?

Written by Tammy Paikai

Illustrated by Yuko Green

(c) 2016 Island Heriage

ISBN: 1-61710-282-2

New! island yumi dress-up sticker dolls

island yumi Aloha & Friends

dress-up sticker dolls

6 Paper Dolls & Reusable Stickers

Created by Yuko Green

(c) 2016 Island Heriage

ISBN: 1-61710-285-7

Another island yumi product, this one is my favorite thing :) paper dolls! Have fun with Aloha and friends by dressing them up for a fun-filled day at the beach and a volcano. Island Heritage original 6 characters: Aloha, Mai, 'Ono, Hoku, Mele, Pua paper dols stand up along with their pets, over 100 reusable sticker outfits and accessories, double-sided background scenery for hours of fun! 8-1/2" x 11", Softcover. At local stores and from Island Heritage. $7.95

New! Whale Tales Japanese Edition

 Japanese edition of Whale Tales has just came out and sold now throughout the stores in Hawai'i. You can also order your copy from Island Heritage Publishing. 32 pages, $13.95.

Whale Tales

Whale Tales
by Ron Hirschi
illustrated by Yuko Green
(c) 2015 Island Heritage
ISBN: 1-61710-280-6 

Whale Tales is a fictional non-fiction children's book, told as Lehua and Kai write letters to their whale-loving friends during their voyage on the research ship following the annual migration of humpback whales. The reader can learn about the great sea mammals and other sea creatures as they follow Lehua and Kai document the adventure of the humpbacks as they begin their trek from the feeding grounds of Alaska and cruise to the warm waters of Hawai'i to give birth to their calves.
      
This book is my 3rd collaborated work with Mr. Ron Hirschi: a biologist, ocean ecologist and teacher. Mr. Hirschi and I worked on another whale book Winter is for Whale about ten years ago.  Illustrating Whale Tales renewed my love for Hawaiian nature all over. 

This book will be translated to Japanese early this year! It is first time my book will be translated to another language, so I'm very excited! :)
32 pages, 9.5" x 10.25". $13.95 from Island Heritage.

New! Island Yumi Coloring & Activity Book with stickers

I was so happy to be asked to make coloring & activity book by Island Heritage for their popular character brand "Island Yumi" - one of most fun project it was :) Friendly six island girls: Aloha, Mele, 'Ono, Pua, Mai and Hoku, show children about the Hawaiian Islands, flowers, animals, words and numbers while having fun doing puzzles, games and coloring! Include stickers, from Island Heritage,  $7.95.

Island Yumi Coloring & Activity Book
by Yuko Green
(c) 2015 Island Heritage
ISBN: 1-61710-266-0

Only One You

This is a really amazing book and I already bought many copies for my friends and myself.  This is an uplifting book about growing up...a story told by papa and mama fish to the painted-rock fish, Adri. All his friend fish are colorfully hand-painted, and each one is different! Made me feel so happy that I painted different fish for all the high school graduates in my class last year :) A beautifully illustrated picture book for children and big children of all ages.  There is also a sequence book called "You be You", another delightful book.

Only One You
by Linda Kranz
(c) 2006 www.risingmoonbooks.com

The Going to Bed Book

 I have been very busy with teaching, and although being with students is a fulfilling calling for me, I haven't post anything here for a long long time.
But no matter how things change, the world of children's books always resonates with me, inspires me, teaches me, and makes me happy :)

One of my best favorite book is The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton, a picture book app done by Moon Media (Loud Crow Interactive, 2013). A very short, simple, gentle and beautiful interactive e-book version of an original pop-up board book.  Michael Ford's piano composition adds the magic to this e-book! I never get tired of reading and playing with this book (especially the last spread) - my favorite book of all time :)

iPad/iPhone app-book screenshot

The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
(original board book)
(c) 1982, Little Simon

New! ABC's of Hawaii

This Island Heritage classic ABC's of Hawaii has been updated and revised with my new illustrations of digital collage and watercolor. From the beach to the volcano in Hawai'i, Mariko takes reader through the alphabet in search of a beautiful floral lei. ABC's of Hawaii children's book is filled with questions to stimulate children's imaginations. $13.95 at www.welcometotheislands.com or various stores and shops in Hawaii.

ABC's of Hawaii
written by Sharon L. Asta & Jeanne Donovan
illustrated by Yuko Green
(c) 2013 Island Heritage Publishing
ISBN: 1-61710-203-2