Aug. 6—Two rival communities come ­together to combat environmental disaster in a new children's book co-authored by Hawaii's Maya Soetoro-Ng, a well-known peace ­activist and academic. Two rival ...

NEW YORK, KOMPAS.com — Above a rooftop in Jakarta or the Indus River in Pakistan, the moon looms large in the childhood memories of Maya Soetoro-Ng, but President Obama's little sister hadn't realized ...

NEW YORK -- President Obama's half-sister has a book deal, for a children's picture story. Maya Soetoro-Ng's "Ladder to the Moon," based in part on Obama's mother and other family members, will be ...

"The First Day of Peace" by Todd Shuster with Maya Soetoro-Ng, illustrated by Tatiana Gardel (Candlewick Press, Aug. 8), 4-8 years, 32 pages, $18.99 hardcover. Peace is an abstract concept that seems ...

Above a rooftop in Jakarta or the Indus River in Pakistan, the moon looms large in the childhood memories of Maya Soetoro-Ng, but President Obama's little sister hadn't realized how important those ...

Happy Aloha Friday Sunrise ohana. We'll end this work week in dramatic fashion. I don't want to give too much away, but it involves a speedo. MAYA SOETORO-NG SITS DOWN WITH SUNRISE Maya Soetoro-Ng ...

Maya Soetoro-Ng and her co-author, Todd Shuster, will present the book, “The First Day of Peace,” at Barnes & Noble bookstore at the Ala Moana Center at 5 p.m. Thursday and at the Hawaii State Public ...

Maya Soetoro-Ng's "Ladder to the Moon," based in part on Obama's mother and other family members, will be published by Candlewick Press at a date not yet determined. According to Candlewick, ...