caribbean area

Describes the social life and customs of the people living in the Caribbean Area including their food, clothing, music and dance, religion, festivals, and sports.

A collection of folktales from the Caribbean, including "Bre-nancy and the 13 Plantains," "Anana, the Maker," and "The Flying Slaves.".

Provides a biography of seventeenth-century English pirate Sir Henry Morgan describing his life and conquests.

While searching for the source of one beautiful sound, a ravishing cockroach rejects marriage proposals from a menagerie of city animals which woo her with their noises.

Papa God creates light so that he can see Mama God, and then he makes the world because he wants to give her something beautiful.

Describes the adventures and discoveries of early explorers to Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, including Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, the Pinzon brothers, and others, and features a glossary, maps, and illustrations.

A potpourri of recipes and craft and folklore projects from Latin America and the Caribbean.

In this retelling of the classic Rapunzel tale in a Caribbean setting, Sugar Cane is stolen from her parents on her first birthday by an island sorceress and grows up in a tower overlooking the sea.

Describes, in text and illustrations, the food and beverages of the Caribbean in relation to its history, geography, and culture. Also includes recipes for such dishes as jug-jug and sweet cassava bread.

Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.