Isle Pages

New books by Hawaii authors

		"Red Sky at Night," by Bill Bigelow (Author House, $24) Bigelow, a Navy and public-relations veteran, has constructed a fast-paced military thriller that also reads as a plausible meditation on the scary art of brinksmanship. Also a terrific example of the print-on-demand medium, although authors really need tips on typography.
		"The Fish and Their Gifts," by Joshua Kaiponohea Stender (Kamehameha Schools Press, $15.95) Ten students from one of Kamehameha's charter schools created this charming, thoughtful book, and the illustrations are first-rate. Flip it over and it's all repeated in Hawaiian! Cool.
		"The Six Wrinkled Woos of Hawai'i," by Lois Czarnecki and Laura Almada (Mutual, $16.95) We first met the family of many-folded Shar-pei dogs in the early '90s, when this book became one of Hawaii's breakthrough childrens title. It been re-released with a fuzzy-textured cover and glottal stops.