Wintlett Browne & Paulette Dunn-Smith, The
Parishes of Jamaica
, Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited 1994.
Sybil Leslie
, Our Caribbean Neighbours
, Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited 1993.
Philip Steele,
Pirates
, Kingfisher Publications, New York, 1997.
Jamaica Kincaid,
A Small Place
, Penguin Books Ltd., New York, 1988.
Cultures of the World, Marshall Cavendish, New York, London, Sydney, 2001.
Enchantment of the World, Second Series, Children’s Press, A Division of Grolier Publishing, Danbury, Connecticut, New York, London, 1999.
Yvonne McKenley,
A Taste of the Caribbean
, Thomas Learning, New York, 1995.
Visual Geography Series
, Lerner Publication Company, Minneapolis, 1995.
Folktales, Legends, and Fiction
James Berry, A
Thief in the Village and Other Stories of Jamaica
, Penguin Books, USA 1988
Petronella Breinburg,
Stories from the Caribbean
, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, Austin, Texas, 2000
Pat Persaud,
The Remarkable Mr. Pom Pom
, The Children’s Writer’s Circle, Kingston, Jamaica, 1990
Philip M. Sherlock and Carl Craig,
West Indian Folktales
, Oxford University Press, 1998
Michael Ofori Mankata,
Ananse’s Justice: A Ghanaian Folk Tale
, Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited, 1995
Michael Ofori Mankata,
The Elephant and the Crab
: A Ghanaian Folk Tale, Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited, 1996
Books with Paintings or Pictures
Students may explore these books to get ideas for illustrating the stories they will create.
Davis and Phyllis Gershator,
Palampam Day
, Marshall Cavendish, New York, 1997
Walter Dean Myers,
Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Flight to Haiti’s Freedom
, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, New York, 1996. Paintings by the African American artist, Jacob Lawrence
Gerald Hausman and Ashley Wolff,
Doctor Bird: Three Lookin’ Up Tales from Jamaica
, Philomel Books, New York, 1998. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez
Monica Gunning,
Not a Copper Penny in Me House: Poems from the Caribbean
, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, Pennsylvania, 1993. Paintings by Frane Lessac
Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess,
Island in the Sun
, Dial Book for Young Readers, Penguin Putnam Inc., New York, 1999. Pictures by Alex Ayliffe
The title of this book is the first line of a calypso song made popular by Belafonte. The brightly colored artwork was produced by collage.
Greg Clifford,
The Legendary Kweku Ananse Stories
II
, Golden Wings Publications, Mamprobi-Accra, Ghana, 1992.
Videos
National Geographic Video - Jewels of the Caribbean Sea, (1994) VHS Color
Winslow Homer, the nature of the artist, National Gallery of Art, York Productions Inc., 1986. Color/30 minutes, VHS format
Stories from the Black Tradition: A Story-A Story
, Children’s Circle, Weston, CT 1993
52 minutes color
Websites
http://www.galleryofwestindianart.com/roomnineteen.htm
http://caribbeanartist.com/
http://www.welcometothecaribbean.com/history.htm
www.interknowledge.com
www.geographia.com
www.saxakali.com/youth/caribbean_folktales.htm
http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/index.html