ICCAL » Trinidad and Tobago

Jasmine’s Parlour Day

Yoo Kyung Sung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000

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.

How to Catch a Fish

Yoo Kyung Sung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000

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.

The Mermaid’s Twin Sister: More Stories from Trinidad

Yoo Kyung Sung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000

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

Angel’s Grace (Paula Wiseman Books)

Yoo Kyung Sung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000

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 a blurred photograph of a stranger with a birthmark — her birthmark — and Grace is full of questions. No one is able to identify the man in the photo, and Grace is left with no choice but to find out who he is and what he might mean to her. What Grace does not know is that her search will lead to a discovery about herself and her family that she never could have imagined.Tracey Baptiste’s first novel is a tender coming-of-age story set on the island of Trinidad. Angel’s Grace explores the meaning of identity and truth, and the unbreakable ties of a family bound by love.

Jump up Time: A Trinidad Carnival Story

Yoo Kyung Sung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000

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 costume.

Divali Rose

Yoo Kyung Sung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000

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 bends one of the rosebuds to get a closer look and accidentally snaps it off. When his grandfather believes the new neighbors have stolen his rosebud, Ricki must summon the courage to confession what he has done.

Fish for the Grand Lady

Kathy G. Short — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000

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