Theme: Caribbean

Feliz Nochebuena, Feliz Navidad: Christmas Feasts of the Hispanic Caribbean

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Maricel E. Presilla takes us on a journey through the history of Christmas in the Hispanic islands. As she describes all of the foods of Christmas Day, she tells us about the peoples from around the world who brought their ingredients and recipes to the table. Presilla gives us carefully tested recipes that allow readers [...]

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Grannie Jus’ Come

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Grannie Jus’ Come! joins a host of Caribbean children’s books, but unlike the rest–which are mostly song books, poetry books, and counting books–this book offers a rich narrative about a young girl and her loving relationship with her grandmother. Full color.

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Emerald Blue

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A young girl describes the life that she and her brother share with their grandmother in her Caribbean island home, until their mother comes to take them away.

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A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Thirteen Caribbean poets recount childhood experiences in poetry and prose.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Freedom Child of the Sea

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A young man, swimming off the shore of a Caribbean island, is saved from drowning by a mysterious boy who appears from the depths. His body is scarred, yet his face is beautiful, and he leaps and swims as joyously as the dolphins. When the young man tells this to a passing stranger, he in [...]

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Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean Story

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This is the story of Junjun, a little boy who wants to help his mother, but who doesn’t really want to exert any effort in the process. Instead, he invokes the nonsense phrase, “rata-pata-scata-fata” to accomplish several tasks she sets before him: getting a fish for dinner, finding a lost goat, and collecting a bucket [...]

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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 [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Trinidad and Tobago » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Harvest Festivals Around The World (Messner Multicultural Library)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Since ancient times, people around the world have created special harvest festivals or rituals to celebrate their crops. With this book, you’ll experience the harvesting ceremonies of the ancient Incas. You’ll discover the customs and traditions that are still practiced in Canada England. You’ll learn the legends and planting rituals of people in Africa, Asia, [...]

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Flamboyan

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

One sunny afternoon while everyone is resting, Flamboyan, a young girl named after the tree whose red blossoms are the same color as her hair, dreamily flies over her Caribbean island home.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Fiction, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Haiti

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 15, 2007

Provides comprehensie information on the geography, history, governmental structure, ecnoomy, cultural diveristy, peoples, relion, and culture of Haiti

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