The Everything Family Guide to Hawaii: Lodging, Restaurants, Beaches, and Must-See Attractions for All Eight Islands

I've got several Hawaii guide books and this one goes straight to the point. I want to know where to stay, eat, play golf and hang-out at the beach, not have my hand held, and this book is a useful directory. Some of those other books are full of minute details and maybe you could carry one along as a supplement if you need some sort of detailed description of a cute hotel lobby or a glowing restaurant description (but just wait until they change the chef!) Overall, I found the Everything Hawaii Guide exceptionally useful and I very much appreciated and enjoyed the chapters dealing with Hawaiian culture and history, plants and animals, and the little histories of each island. The chapter on the "forbidden islands" was also a treat as were special things here and there such as hiking and ocean tips. I'm ready to go again!