A first comic for brand-new readers! Award-winning cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson transports young readers to the lush tropical shores of his native Hawaii where Nanaue has to balance his yearning for Dad's guidance with his desire for Mom's nurture. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Beginning Readers is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.
Johnson, R. Kikuo R. Kikuo Johnson was born in 1981 on the island of Maui, Hawaii. After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design (BFA '03), he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he currently draws comics and plays the ukulele. He returns to Maui as often as possible. Johnson, R. Kikuo R. Kikuo Johnson was born in 1981 on the island of Maui, Hawaii. After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design (BFA '03), he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he currently draws comics and plays the ukulele. He returns to Maui as often as possible.