A set of six early readers in English and 'Ōlelo Hawai'i.

Illustrations done in watercolor, gouache and watercolor pencil.

Text by Resi J. Suehiro. Illustrations, covers and interior layout by Mariko Merritt. Published by Bess Press.

A tactile board book with die cuts and raised elements. Illustrations in watercolor.

Text by Maile Meyer. Illustration and design by Mariko Merritt. Forthcoming from Bess Press.

Kai and his mom visit their local farmers market in Hawai‘i.

Watercolor on paper.

Text by Catherine Toth Fox. Illustrations by Mariko Merritt. Design by Jane Gillespie. Published by BeachHouse Publishing in 2019.

A Hawai‘i version of the nursery rhyme "Hush Little Baby." Each spread opens to a trifold image.

Pictures were made with a mixture of collage, acrylic paint and colored pencil. Cut-out elements were separated into layers, creating shadows, and then photographed.

Text by Kim Vukovich. Illustration and design by Mariko Merritt. Published by Bess Press in 2015.

Island Toes is a picture book about feet in Hawai‘i and the experiences they can have. 

Illustrations are a mixture of collage, acrylic paint, watercolor, colored pencil, and real objects like feathers, sunscreen and soap bubbles.

Text by Christin Lozano. Illustration and design by Mariko Merritt. Published by Bess Press in 2015.

Collages using various papers, some painted with acrylics. Text and design by Jane Gillespie. Illustrations by Mariko Merritt. Published by Beachhouse Publishing in 2015.

My first picture book! It’s an alphabet book about a fishing expedition that results in the capture of letters instead of fish.

The illustrations are collages made of paper painted with acrylics.

Text by Vera Arita. Illustrations by Mariko Merritt. Design by Jane Gillespie. Published by BeachHouse Publishing in 2014.

2015 Ka Palapala Po'okela Award of Excellence in the design category.

I did the typography and layout for this book, and also created composite illustrations using the illustrator’s vector graphics.

Text by Paige Bradbury Brattin. Vector graphics by Lauren Hewitt Caldeiro. Design by Mariko Merritt. Published by Bess Press in 2015.