Keens-Douglas, Richardo

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The nutmeg princess

Only two children from the town are gifted with a vision of the nutmeg princess, who only comes out when the nutmeg is ready for picking, and her wisdom.
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La Diablesse and the baby

a Caribbean folktale
Granny will not let the baby be stolen by La Diablesse, a beautiful and mysterious woman with one human foot and one cow foot.

El misterio de La Isla de Las Especias

1992
Two children set out to see the Nutmeg Princess who is supposed to appear during the nutmeg picking season on a lake. They eventually get the whole town involved in looking for her on the Isle of Spice in the Caribbean.

Grandpa's visit

1996
Grandpa comes for a visit from another country, but the family is too busy for much besides TV and video games. But, one night the power fails and everyone learns what they have been missing out of.

Tales from the Isle of Spice

a collection of new Caribbean folk tales
2004
Presents a collection of three stories inspired by Caribbean folklore.

La Diablesse and the baby

a Caribbean folktale
1994

The trial of the stone

a folktale retold
2000
An illustrated telling of the Asian and South American folktale in which a boy loses his breakfast money after hiding it under a stone, and the stone is put on trial for stealing it.

Freedom child of the sea

1995
Tells the story of the Freedom Child, a symbol of hope and love, who was born from the pain and suffering of captured Africans on their way to become slaves in the Americas.

The Nutmeg princess

1992
Two children set out to see the Nutmeg Princess who is supposed to appear during the nutmeg picking season on a lake. They eventually get the whole town involved in looking for her on the Isle of Spice in the Caribbean.

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