Berry, James

A father and his eighteen-year-old son are each affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century.

The West Indian trickster Anancy Spiderman tries to persuade Sun-Spirit, Water-Spirit, Earth-Spirit, and Air-Spirit to create the world's first palm trees so that he can collect a reward from the king.

Set in a Carribean background, Mary sings to Jesus on his birthday about the events that surrounded his birth.

A collection of poems reflecting Caribbean culture include "Old man called Arawak," "Woods whisperings," and "Not one weak day.".

Anancy Spiderman trades various items with the people he encounters, until he himself is distracted by a bird and ends up empty-handed.