This book gives a fictional glimpse into what living on Easter Island during the time when the mysterious and famous moai were carved. The story tells of a day when a tsunami hits the island and how a moai sculptor and his family fare through this natural disaster. This story would be appropriate for 2-4 grade classes who are learning about the world around them and civilizations of different times. The central issues addressed in this book is geography, family and faith.

Young Pico plays among the stone statues, or moai, on Easter Island. When a tsunami hits, do the stone statues walk and rescue Pico? Notes at the end share about the mysterious island whose culture seemed to disappear and who left behind mammoth stone statues. Illustrated by William Low.