I just bought the Ohana Sopranissimo Pineapple. It is quite lovely. Instruments at this scale prefer a higher tuning at ADF#B (or higher). The Caramel for $29 (see their website) is also decent when tuned up.
This does lead to challenges when playing with others, as the natural first chord is D versus C, and all the songs (at written pitch) are available in ukulele friendly C6 tuning. C becomes
Bb and that becomes an issue for a starter (There are schools throughout Canada which teach D6 tuning. If this is just for home, you might want to keep one of your ukuleles tuned to D6 to make playing together much easier.
It also might be worth checking out Andy’s nano ukulele. In this case, the instrument is tuned a whole octave higher in C6. He normally auctions them off, but if you contacted him about a special situation, he might be able to do a special project. Hearts are generally pretty big in this ukuleles community.