Region: Trinidad and Tobago

Materials from Trinidad and Tobago

Jasmine’s Parlour Day

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Jasmine helps her mother prepare to sell fish and sugar cakes at their parlour, or market stand, on market day on the island of Trinidad.

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How to Catch a Fish

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Thirteen linked verses and handsome, mood-drenched paintings show how we catch fish–from New England to the Arctic, to Japan and Namibia and beyond.  This lovely picture book–about fishing, geography, people and customs, and the bond between parent and child fishing together–will appeal to everyone who’s cast a line in the water.

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The Mermaid’s Twin Sister: More Stories from Trinidad

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This sequel to “A Wave in Her Pocket” offers six stories based on Trinidad’s folklore, in a framework of contemporary island life.

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Angel’s Grace (Paula Wiseman Books)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Grace has always had wild red hair like no one else in her family and a birthmark on her shoulder that her mother told her was the mark of an angel. When Grace is sent from New York to spend the summer with her grandmother in Trinidad, she looks through the family album and discovers [...]

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Jump up Time: A Trinidad Carnival Story

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Carnival is supposed to be a happy time, but Lily wishes it were over. Her family has been working on the gorgeous hummingbird costume for months, but it’s Lily’s big sister, Christine, who will wear it at the Children’s Carnival. Lily doesn’t want to wait till next year for her chance to jump up in [...]

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Divali Rose

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Ricki is looking forward to Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. He’s also waiting for two special rosebuds to bloom. The buds are on the bush that his grandfather had planted in the front yard. His grandfather promises that the roses will be the color of Divali. One morning, on his way to school, Ricki [...]

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Fish for the Grand Lady

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In Trinidad, two brothers try fishing in a new place, hoping to bring home a big catch for their grandmother.

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