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JAMAICA'S BLUE MARKER AUTHOR: JUANITA HAVILL ISBN#: 0-618-36917-1 PRICE: $5.95 Jamaica is friends with everyone at school ----- except for Russell. Rusell borrows Jamaica's markers and ruins her picture, and at recess he throws sand chases little kids. So Jamaica is glad when she finds out that Russell will be moving away, and she hasno intention of making a card for him like the rest of her class is doing. But then Jamaica begins to see things a little differently.... |
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HOORAY for the DANDELION WARRIORS! AUTHOR: BILL COSBY ISBN#: 0-590-52194-2 PRICE: $3.99 GREAT STORIES ABOUT GREAT KIDS, JUST LIKE YOU! It's the boys against the girls. But wait! Everybody is supposed to be on the same team! |
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KOI AND THE KOLA NUTS AUTHOR: VERNA AARDEMA ISBN#: 0-689-81760-6 PRICE: $16.95 "Meet a demanding chief who seeks a worthy husband for his beautiful daughter, now meet Koi, a worthy young man who happens to have inherited a seemingly useless kola nut tree, and has just set out in search of adventure and romance." |
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I HAVE NEWS RHYMES FROM THE CARIBBEAN AUTHOR: WALTER JEKYLL ISBN#: 1-871927-09-9 PRICE: $15.95 From the well-known "There's a Black Boy in a Ring" to such gems as "Toady, Toady," in which a boy planting seeds explains his life plans to a catching toad, the rhymes are full of vitality and child appeal. |
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THE
TREASURE HUNT AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-95618-3 PRICE: $3.99 Little Bill searches his room for his best treasure, What he finds is a great big surprise! |
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THE
DAY I SAW MY FATHER CRY AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-52199-3 PRICE: $3.99 It is a very sad day. Little Bill and his father have lost a special friend. |
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SHIPWRECK
SATURDAY AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-95620-5 PRICE: $3.99 Little Bill has worked very hard on his sailboat, but the older boys make fun of it. When it breaks, he is afraid that everyone will laugh at him. How will he be able to face his friends? |
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DARK AND SCARY NIGHT AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-51476-8 PRICE: $3.99 " Little Bill thinks there's something in his closet that might try to get him. How will he ever be able to fall asleep? |
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MONEY
TROUBLES AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-95623-x PRICE: $3.99 Little Bill wants to discover a comet and be famous. First he needs a telescope...but it costs $100! Where will Little Bill find that much money? |
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MY
BIG LIE AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-52161-6 PRICE: $3.99 What started as a tiny fib, grew and grew and GREW into a BIG lie. And now Little Bill is in BIG trouble! |
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BEST WAY TO PLAY AUTHOR: VARNETTE P. HONEYWOOD ISBN#: 0-590-95617-5 PRICE: $3.99 " Little Bill and his friends want the new Space Explorers video game! But their parents won't buy it. How can little Bill and his friends have fun without it? |
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SUPER-FINE
VALENTINE
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TITLE: MARCUS GARVEY AUTHOR: MARGARET CURTIN ISBN#: hero PRICE: $5.00 "Marcus Mosiah Garvey is Jamaica's first National Hero, He was born in the parish of St. Ann on August 17, 1887." |
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TITLE: NAPPY HAIR AUTHOR: CAROLIVIA HERRON ISBN#: -0-679-89445-4 PRICE: $6.99 Brenda you sure got some nappy hair on your head. Don't you? Well it's your hair, Brenda, take the cake. Yep. And come back and get the plate. Don't cha know. Everybody at the backyard picnic is talking about little Brenda's hair---the nappiest, the curliest, the twistiest hair in the whole family. |
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WILD, WILD HAIR AUTHOR: NIKKI GRIMES ISBN#: 0-590-26590-3 PRICE: $3.99 "Hello, Parent! Hello Reader! books have been designed--for parents to read to children, for children to read to parents, and for children to read to themselves --to make your child a better reader." This book is for a level 3 reader Grades 1 & 2 Ages 6 - 8. |
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FIVE NOTABLE INVENTORS AUTHOR: WADE HUDSON ISBN#: 0-590-48033-2 PRICE: $3.99 "Hello, Parent! Hello Reader! books have been designed--for parents to read to children, for children to read to parents, and for children to read to themselves --to make your child a better reader." This book is for a level 4 reader Grades 2 & 3 Ages 7- 9. |
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ANANCY
AND MR. DRY-BONE AUTHOR: FIONA FRENCH ISBN#: 0-711-2078-7-9 PRICE: $7.99 With it's bold silhouette illustrations set against dazzingly brillian backgrounds, this stunning picture book brings to life the colors of the Caribbean. |
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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB AUTHOR: SARAH JOSEPHA HALE ISBN#: 0-590-43774-7 PRICE: $5.99 The fine design and excellent color scheme as well as the afterword, original poem, and explanations about the book make this a wonderfully crafted book nobody should miss. |
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PEOPLE COULD FLY AUTHOR: LEO AND DIANE DILLON ISBN#: 0-679-84336-1 PRICE: $13.00 "Folktales take us back to the very beginnings of people's lives, to their hopes and their defeats. American black folktales originated with peoples, most of whom long ago were brought from Africa to this country against their will. These peoples were torn from their individual cultures as they left the past, their families and their social groups, and their languages and customs behind. " |
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MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AT HER MAJESTY'S REQUEST AUTHOR: JOHN STEPTOE ISBN#: 0-688-04045-4 PRICE: $16.00 "John Steptoe has created a memorable modern fable of pride going before a fall, in keeping with the moral of the folk tales that was his inspiration. He has illustrated it with stunning paintings that glow with the beauty, warmth, and internal vision of the land and people of his ancestors. |
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THE
MORANT BAY REBELLION ---The Story Of GEORGE WILLIAM GORDAN AND PAUL BOGLE AUTHOR: MARY DIXON ISBN#: 0-947869-16-6 PRICE: $6.00 Slavery had ended in the 'New World' but life for the poor people in Jamaica was extremely harsh during the mid 19th century. George William Gordon,a JP,and Paul Bogle, a Baptist Minister, could not bear to see the suffering any longer. Bogle lead an uprising of the people in 1865. Both men were hung, but their sacrifice changed the face of Jamaican politic. |
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THE ARAWAKS OF JAMAICA
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SAM SHARPE AND THE CHRISTMAS REBELLION OF 1831 AUTHOR: MARY DIXON ISBN#: 0-947869-14-1 PRICE: $6.00 The British Government voted to abolish the slave trade in 1807. This meant that British traders were no longer allowed to take Africans and make them slaves in the Caribbean. But it did not mean freedom for those already captured, and slavery still carried on in Jamaica and the rest of the New World. |
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TACKY AUTHOR: MARY DIXON ISBN#: 0-947869-12-3 PRICE: $6.00 Life on the Jamaican sugar plantations was extremely harsh for the slaves. They were not treated as equal human beings by their owners. If they tried to escape they were punished severly. Sometimes slave owners cut off the legs of slaves who tried to run away. Some slaves were burnt alive. |
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