west indies

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west indies

The Caribbean

  • Sharp, Anne Wallace
2003
Discusses the history, geography, and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Topics include everyday life, society, beliefs, colonialism, Amerindians today, and the future.

Caribbean currents

Caribbean music from rumba to reggae
  • Manuel, Peter Lamarche
1995

Ears and tails and common sense: more stories from the Caribbean

  • Sherlock, Philip Manderson
1974
During each evening of their six-day party the forest animals listen to a story told by the animals who guess the answers to Chimpanzee's riddles.

Brer Anansi and the boat race

  • Makhanlall, David P
1988
Brer Anansi uses a boat race with Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear as an opportunity to perform his usual mischief.

Caribbean carnival

songs of the West Indies
  • Lessac, Fran e
1992
A collection of calypso, a uniquely West Indian musical expression.

Turtle knows your name

  • Bryan, Ashley
1989
A small boy with a very long name is challenged by his grandmother to find out her real name.

Encounter

  • Yolen, Jane
1996
A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

Something terrible happened

a novel
  • Porte, Barbara Ann
1994
Twelve-year-old Gillian is sent away from her mother who is dying of AIDS to live with her relatives in Tennessee.

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