News For Babylon

James Berry

London : Chatto & Windus/the Hogarth Press, 1984

<p>This is a collection of short stories about children and young people in Jamaica. Full of wonderfully atmospheric background detail combined with the rhythms and patterns of speech, these contemporary narratives bring to life a culture highly relevant to multi ethnic Britain. Stories include "Becky and the Wheels and Brake Boys"; "A Thief in the Village"; "Tukku Tukku and Sampson"; "All other Days Run into Sunday"; "The Mouth Organ Boys"; "Elias and the Mongoose"; "The Pet, The Sea and Little Buddy"; "Fanso and Granny-Flo"; and, "The Banana Tree".</p>

Thief in the Village: And Other Stories

Children's Books

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

Future-Telling Lady, The (seven short stories)

Literature & Fiction

Puffin UK

Celebration Song

Holidays & Celebrations

Penguin/Puffin

Ajeemah and His Son

HARPER/TROPHY

Around the World in 80 Poems

This illustrated anthology takes children on a cultural journey from Greenland to the United Kingdom visiting Chile, India, Egypt and many other countries on the way. A collection that includes 80 different poems from over 60 different countries, there are old and new poets here for children to discover. With poems to make you laugh and poems to make you think, this book aims to both teach and entertain.

Pan Childrens Paperbacks

A Nest Full of Stars

Macmillan Children`s Books

This beautifully illustrated anthology takes children on a cultural journey from Greenland to the United Kingdom visiting Chile, India and many other countries on the way. A ground-breaking collection that includes 80 poems from over 60 different countries, there are familiar and new poets here for children to discover. With poems to make you laugh and poems to make you think, this book both teaches and entertains.

Anancy-spiderman

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

Ajeemah and His Son (Willa Perlman Books)

In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son Atu are kidnapped by slave traders from their homeland in Africa. Their destiny is now the barbaric slave trade of the New World.

Perfection Learning

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