Keli'i and the Secret of the Magic Poi Pounder is a place-based fictional story set in old Hawai'i. The book teaches us the importance of being kind to one another, how everything goes right when you care and share with others, and how nothing works out if you're greedy and selfish. The positive values that we learn throughout our lives should be practiced and shared with one another, and this book gives us a lighthearted way to just that.