David Kalākaua | ʻO Kawika KalākauaAuthor: Ruby Hasegawa Lowe Translator: Kamaknealoha Hopkins Illustrator: Robin Yoko Racoma Editor: Kwika B. J. Kamlamalama Ka'piki Peloso Softcover, 128 pp. Kalakaua was the seventh monarch of Hawaii and the first ruler not of the Kamehameha line. Later immortalized as "The Merrie Monarch" famous for song and dance, he lived his life as both a "Renaissance man" and as an alii.