Loebel-Fried

Eleven-year-old Makani finds her own way to help her biologist mom save the beloved and endangered Hawaiian petrels. Includes facts about the Hawaiian petrels and their connection to Hawaiian culture and history.

Caren Loebel-Fried is an acclaimed author and artist from Volcano, Hawaiʻi. Conservation and the natural world are the foundations of her work. She has written and illustrated eight award-winning storybooks to date, including Manu, the Boy Who Loved Birds (2020), A Perfect Day for an Albatross (2017), and Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits (2002).