Schools & Partners
Everything a school, sponsor or reporter needs to know about Uncle Keola & Koa, on one page.
Who we are
Uncle Keola & Koa is a Hawaiʻi kids' brand about a kind Hawaiian uncle and the shelter puppy he brings home. Every story carries one simple lesson in aloha: love one another and take care of each other.
Uncle Keola Kahale lives on a porch with a view of Diamond Head. Koa is his puppy, "the one who waited" at the shelter. Twins Kuʻulei and Kamalani, a diva cat named Miss Pau and a rooster named Mr. Adobo Patobo fill out the neighborhood.
Written by author Matt Maghinay, raised by grandparents who taught him aloha.
What we make
Three storybooks, a YouTube channel and a sing-along music line all launch together in December 2026.
| Product | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Storybooks | Read & Color paperbacks: story, Koa word quiz and a 19-page "Caught on Camera!" coloring section | Books 1–3 on Amazon Dec 5, 2026; five more written |
| YouTube | Animated story episodes, Story Time on Uncle's porch, quiz shorts with Koa | @UncleKeolaAndKoa, launching Dec 2026 |
| Sing-alongs | Original nursery rhymes with bouncing-ball lyrics, starting with Koa and the Counting Crabs | First video finished |
| Music downloads | Audio of every song | Coming; free for members |
| Merch | Mugs, stickers, a yearly collectible ornament and more | Coming to this site |
Audience and values
Stories for children ages 3–8 and the parents, grandparents and teachers who read with them.
- Where: rooted in Hawaiʻi, made for families everywhere, with Japanese on our YouTube channel and LINE.
- What kids learn: kindness, sharing, respect for the ʻāina, simple Hawaiian words and safe pet care.
- Safe and honest: videos are set as made for kids, facts are checked, and Hawaiian words are spelled with the ʻokina and kahakō.
- Open about tools: our art is made with AI tools, and we label it everywhere we publish.
Free memberships for schools
Elementary schools get free Uncle Keola & Koa memberships for their classrooms and families.
- A teacher or school emails us and gets a classroom code.
- The class uses Story Time videos, Koa word quizzes and coloring pages.
- The code goes home and a parent signs the family up. Children never make accounts, and we collect no student information.
- With a parent's permission, kids' coloring pages can appear in our Porch Gallery.
Great for: Hawaiian words, reading along with the books, kindness and pet-care lessons, and sing-along movement breaks.
Membership
Founding members pay $3.99 a month for life: the first 1,000 members, and everyone who joins December 2026 through February 2027 starts at the top tier. Offers subject to extension.
- Free coloring sets and free music downloads
- Early viewing of new episodes
- Member discounts on our own merch, including the yearly ornament
- Monthly coloring contest with winners in the Porch Gallery
- Birthday shout-outs and a vote on the next story
Partner with us
We work with organizations that care about keiki, family and aloha: Hawaiʻi family businesses, animal shelters, libraries, schools and kūpuna programs.
| Partnership | What you get |
|---|---|
| School sponsor | Fund free memberships for a school; thanked on our site and in an episode |
| Book giveaway | Books donated to classrooms or libraries in your name |
| Shelter spotlight | An adoptable pet featured, the way Koa was adopted |
| Story Time event | An Uncle Keola & Koa reading and sing-along at your event |
| Episode thank-you | Your name in an episode's end credits |
Partners must be a good fit for a kids' audience.
Let's talk story
Schools, sponsors and press: tell us your name, organization and what you have in mind.
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