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title: "Susan Dierker makes her children’s book “Albatross of Kaua’i.  The Story of Kaloakulua” free online to mark World Albatross Day"
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# Susan Dierker makes her children’s book “Albatross of Kaua’i.  The Story of Kaloakulua” free online to mark World Albatross Day

![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Dierker-front-cover.jpg) 

 Last month, Susan Dierker, author and illustrator of *[Albatross of Kaua’i. The Story of Kaloakulua](https://www.albatrossofkauai.com)* contacted *ACAP Latest News*, writing “In celebration of World Albatross Day, I would like to offer a PDF of my book.”  Earlier she had written “We must take responsibility for the impact we have on the natural world, including on the albatrosses of the Hawaiian islands and elsewhere.  World Albatross Day can help raise awareness of what needs to be done”.

 ![Susan Dierker 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/People/Susan_Dierker_1.jpg)

 *Not just albatrosses.  Susan Dierker with another of her children's books*

 Kaloakulua was the offspring of Kaluahine and Kaluakane, a pair of Laysan Albatrosses *Phoebastria immutabilis* that bred on the Hawaiian island of Kauai in 2013/14.  The breeding attempt from hatching to fledging was [livestreamed via a camera](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/?__hstc=161696355.6196d757b78f89d8f2b677e3ea2c1145.1593876553419.1593876553419.1593876553419.1&__hssc=161696355.1.1593876553419&__hsfp=554420963#_ga=2.57020010.1340243058.1593876551-1179889656.1593876551) operated by the [Cornell Lab of Ornithology](https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/).

 See a list of eight children’s book about albatrosses that have been reviewed by *ACAP Latest News* [here](https://www.acap.aq/en/world-albatross-day/books).  Find the [free online version](https://www.albatrossofkauai.com/ewExternalFiles/PDF%20no%20video%20Albatross%20Of%20Kauai.pdf) of Susan’s book here and also read ALN's [review](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/news/latest-news/2018-book-review-albatross-of-kaua-i-the-story-of-kaloakulua?highlight=WyJkaWVya2VyIiwiZGllcmtlcidzIl0=).

 You can follow a ‘[royalcam](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/royal-albatross/)’ currently live streaming a Northern Royal Albatross *Diomedea sanfordi* nest.

 With thanks to Susan Dierker.

 **Reference:**

 Dierker, Susan 2014.  [Albatross of Kaua’i. The Story of Kaloakulua](https://www.albatrossofkauai.com).  Coloured illustrations.  Hanalei: Done by Dogs Publishing.  Unpaginated [44 pp] + DVD.  Free on line [here](https://www.albatrossofkauai.com/ewExternalFiles/PDF%20no%20video%20Albatross%20Of%20Kauai.pdf).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 06 July 2020*