An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific, by ku‘ualohaho‘omanawananui, Joyce PualaniWarren and CristinaBacchilega, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2024. ISBN: 978‐0‐82‐489735‐2

This anthology is a timely exploration of the wondrous ways through which Moananuikea-the great expansive Pacific Ocean-connects more than 25,000 islands and atolls grouped into dozens of nations, some sovereign, and some under colonial rule.It supports myriads of cultures, languages, and storytelling traditions.In the past, double-hulled canoes and wayfinding navigators brought people and their stories across the Pacific Ocean.Today, air travel and satellite communication forge new transpacific connections and revive old genealogical ties between people and places as far flung as Papua New Guinea, Guhan (Guam), Tahiti, New Caledonia, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Hawai'i.An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific is a collection of scholarly and creative writing, artwork, and artists' statements that connect, revisit, and celebrate tales of the fantastic across Moananuikea.The book's 50 contributors explore Indigenous ways of understanding and living with wonder, across genres and species, geographies and water, times and moments.