Download or read book The Caribbean Story Finder written by Sharon Barcan Elswit and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.
Download or read book Zebo Nooloo Chinoo written by Lynette Comissiong and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2003-01-17 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Isha has to guess the old woman's name, but she cannot. Who can help her, and why does she need to know? Only a crab named Solistine knows the secret.
Download or read book Authors in the Kitchen written by Sharron L. McElmeel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the kitchen and stir up a batch of storybook treats with literary recipes based on the books and lives of 50 of your favorite children's authors and illustrators, including Eric Carle, Mary Casanova, Keiko Kasza, Steven Kellogg, Yuyi Morales, Janet Stevens, and Jane Yolen and 40 others. Whip up a heavenly coconut cream cake enjoyed in Jacqueline Briggs Martin's recent story, On Sand Island; savor the spicy pumpkin pie inspired by Toni Buzzeo's Sea Chest. You'll also learn some fascinating facts about each author and read anecdotes and stories connected with the recipes. Biographical details, author photographs, book lists, and reading connections make this a perfect resource for library, classroom, and home. A great gift for booklovers. What a delicious way to learn about authors and their books! Step into the kitchen and stir up a batch of storybook treats with 50 literary recipes based on the books and lives of 50 of your favorite children's authors and illustrators, including Eric Carle, Mary Casanova, Keiko Kasza, Steven Kellogg, Yuyi Morales, Janet Stevens, and Jane Yolen and 40 others. Whip up a heavenly coconut cream cake enjoyed in Jacqueline Briggs Martin's recent story, On Sand Island; savor the spicy pumpkin pie inspired by Toni Buzzeo's Sea Chest. You'll also learn some fascinating facts about each author and read anecdotes and stories connected with the recipes. Biographical details, author photographs, book lists, and reading connections make this a perfect resource for library, classroom, and home. A great gift for booklovers. What a delicious way to learn about authors and their books! Grades K-6.
Download or read book The Big Book of Children s Reading Lists written by Nancy J. Keane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use these 100 handy reproducible book lists to instantly create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), to add to your newsletter, or to post on your Web site or bulletin board. Based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers, these lists focus on new titles, as well as classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. Fiction and nonfiction titles for ages 5-14 are covered. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes! Looking for folktales from China for elementary children? An informational children's book for a middle school science class? A list of books on the topic of compassion? A sampling of ABC books? These lists and more can be found in Nancy Keane's treasury of great reading lists for children. This versatile guide provides reproducible book lists based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers. There are lists for standard curriculum areas (e.g., math, social studies, science), other areas of study such as character education and values, genres (e.g., pop-up, memoirs, ABC books), themes (e.g., animals, food, sports), and read-alikes (on bookmarks). You'll find 100 reproducible lists of fiction and nonfiction books for ages 5-14 (elementary/middle) that you can use to create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), put in your newsletter, or post on your Web site or bulletin board. Focus is on new titles and classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. On each list, titles are grouped according to grade level. Room to customize with your library logo or clipart is provided on each reproducible sheet. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes! Grades K-8.
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Caribbean Dozen written by John Agard and published by Walker. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mangoes and jelly coconut, garter snakes and speckled frogs. These are some of the many vivid memories of a Caribbean childhood from poets such as Valerie Bloom, Faustin Charles, Telcine Turner and Dionne Brand.
Download or read book One Smiling Grandma written by Ann Marie Linden and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the numbers one to ten as a young girl describes various sights on her Caribbean island.
Download or read book The Buried Moon written by Joseph Jacobs and published by Sumpraxis LLC. This book was released on 1969 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book J Is for Jamaica written by Benjamin Zephaniah and published by Frances Lincoln Childrens Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical and photographic journey through Jamaica depicts its people, culture, food, and scenery in rhyming text.
Download or read book An Island Christmas written by Lynn Joseph and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996-09-20 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is Christmas Eve on the island of Trinidad and little Rosie skips about in the sunshine. Chanting and singing to a steel-drum rhythm, she helps her family to prepare the sorrel, black currant cake and the aloe pies. The story is written in Trinidadian English.
Download or read book Fruits written by Valerie Bloom and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Smarties Prize Bronze Award. How much fruit do you think one small girl can manage to eat in one day? In the case of the narrator of this counting poem, the answer is a lot! Count from one to ten and learn the names of some Caribbean fruits, and find out what happens after eating a cocktail of mangoes, bananas and more. Valerie Bloom's Fruits is a Caribbean counting poem full of sumptuous illustrations by David Axtell, the creator of We're Going on a Lion Hunt. The rhyming text will help children learn to count whilst exploring the many fruits of the Caribbean.
Download or read book Tales Our Abuelitas Told written by F. Isabel Campoy and published by Atheneum. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Hispanic folktales.
Download or read book No Hickory No Dickory No Dock written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Play Me written by Telcine Turner and published by . This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features works including A Cross for Easter - a whodunnit set on New Providence Island, The Bahamas; Master Thief - a Euro-Bahamian folk tale; and Sunday, Funday - the story of a tense but illuminating afternoon in the life of a rum drinking construction worker, Hezekiah Pratt.
Download or read book The Sisters written by Jan Carew and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first day that the cruel and moody Queen Shanta ascended the Red Jasper Throne of Power, she decreed that whenever she chose to visit the towns and villages of Ilora, all beggars, cripples and any living creature with the slightest deformity should be removed from her sight.
Download or read book Anansesem written by Velma Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text includes humourous tales, trickery and mischief of Anansi and other folk characters, comic and rhythmic poems, illustrations, glossary, and musical notation with songs.
Download or read book Chicken Little written by Rebecca Emberley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an acorn falls on her head, the chicken, Henny Penny, is convinced the sky is falling.
