Barbara, the Hilo brand is not bad. They even sell them in Hilo, where I used to live. Enjoy it! And if you want to have some fun, check out Jim Beloff's series of books. Good, simple instruction and a good selection of tunes. I met Jim at an Ukulele Festival in Seattle in November 01, when I was attending a conference. The highlights of that night for me were: seeing some of my old Seattle music buddies again, and watching a Hawaiian woman from Kona performing a hula wearing native Northwest costume: sweatshirt and jeans!   

Aloha,
Mark