The Vienna Cake Mystery
One day, Tilda Turtle had so many guavaberries she decides to make a delicious Vienna cake. It isn’t long before everyone in the yard notices the beautifully frosted cake glistening in the windowsill, their mouths watering over the buttery aroma.
Sand, Sea and Poetry
Have you ever gone to the beach in the middle of January? Eaten scores of Caribbean food at a Carnival Food Fair? Picked mangoes or genips or limes from tropical trees? Sand, Sea and Poetry is a book of verse that celebrates the very best things about childhood in the Caribbean!
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Broo ‘Nansi and Hummingbird
Broo ’Nansi, that good-for-nothing fella, is back in a brand new tale full of twists, turns, humor, and wisdom.
The little spider has promised to make beautiful costumes for the upcoming carnival. Broo Tukuma is not sure that it is a good idea, but Sis Iwana wants to take the chance. Hummingbird seems to know something, but is not telling.
Will Broo ’Nansi behave this time?
family favorites
A Caribbean Journey from A to Y (Read and discover what Happened to the Z)
Join us in this fun and educational journey through the Caribbean islands, one letter at a time.
The Lesson Box
One summer afternoon Rebecca (Becca) and her friend Khalid go on a simple errand and find a mysterious, shiny box that seems to have appeared out of nowhere. What should they do? Leave it where they have found it? Take it home? Tell their parents?
Efa and the Mosquito
One morning, Efa rescues Ms. Aedes, a very smart, fast-talking mosquito trapped in a net. Her act of kindness is rewarded with the granting of a wish. Not even Worren, Efa’s science-loving older brother, could prepare her for the events that lay ahead.
“if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves.”
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It Takes a Village by Books 'n Bush Tea Presents Chef Julius Jackson as he reads one of his favorite children's books, "Giraffe Hears the Drum" written by local author, Mario Picayo
Looking Back: Books Come to Carnival!
Since the Department of Education already had the very popular and successful Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge (GSRC), where children from kindergarten to 5th grade received free books for the summer (written and illustrated by Caribbean writers and artists), why not combine carnival and the books from the GSRC? The project would bring the books to life and connect literacy with culture in a fun, community-wide and organic way?
