It's Hot, Hot, Hot! A Kid's Guide to Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park

The island of Hawai'i, the largest of the Hawaiian Islands, was formed by a total of six volcanoes, including the submerged Mahukona Volcano off the northwest shore of the 'Big Island of Hawaii,' and five more volcanoes above sea level: Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Kohala, Huallai and Kilauea. Kilauea Volcano is currently the most active volcano on earth, and Kilauea has covered more than 500 square miles of Hawaii with lava in the last 1,100 years, and we are still counting those square miles, because Kilauea has been actively erupting e since 1983. The Klauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes are considered active, The Mauna Kea, Huallai and Haleakal volcanoes are dormant, but not extinct. The other volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands are believed to be completely extinct.

Take a look at some of what award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and photographer John D. Weigand saw as they went in search of the Kilauea Volcano, from their stop at the Kilauea Visitor Center to the mist, the rainbow and the fiery volcanic night! Watch a music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel, and make your very own volcano! And remember this is also a learn to read book, filled with repetition, word recognition and rhyme!