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With Silent Tread

Freida Cassin

When Marion Aird comes from England to visit her relatives in Antigua, she is soon won over by the lively unconventionality of her cousin Morea Latrobe. But Marion begins to find out that in the close-knit island society there are grim secrets which are known to everybody - except, perhaps, to those most affected by them. And Morea will have to discover the grimmest secret of them all….

First published in Antigua in the 1890s, With Silent Thread is a superbly understated evocation of a claustrophobic island community struggling with the bitter legacies of slavery. The sin of the fathers (and mothers) are visited upon the children and the innocent suffer along with the guilty in a manner whose symbolic horror provides a powerful image of the way in which the past continues to haunt the present in Caribbean societies

The Author
Frieda Cassin lived in Antigua at the end of the nineteenth century. Her father was a commission merchant and ship owner. As well as having With Silent Tread published in Antigua by G. A. Uphill in St Johns she was the editor of one of Antigua's first literary journals The Carib.

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Flowers of Jamaica

Monica Warner

Jamaica boasts approximately 3000 species of flowering plants around one third of which are endemic with the remainder having been introduced by early colonists and explorers. It is the variety of habitats on the island that explains the range and diversity of species to be seen. The dry sandy areas are home to desert plants, thorn scrub and cactus. Mangrove species grow on the small islets and in the wetlands while in forested areas mosses and ferns inhabit the steep slopes and dramatic mountain ranges - the highest point measuring over 2240 metres at the island's eastern end. This extraordinary landscape provides the opportunity for many different species of plants and flowers to prosper.

The latest volume in our Pocket Natural History series, which has been hugely successful in detailing the wildlife and flora of the Caribbean to beginners and experts alike. This is a pocket guide with colour illustrations throughout.

Highly illustrated and comprehensive, this Macmillan Pocket Natural History Guide provides an in valuable reference both for the experienced botanist as well as those purely interested in identifying and admiring the wide variety of flora on show in Jamaica

Monica Warner gained a B.Sc in Chemistry and Zoology at the University of West Indies, Mona. She has spent much of her career teaching in England but since returning to Jamaica she merged her lifelong interest in the island's flora with a career as a freelance writer

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Prospero's Isles:
The Presence of the Caribbean in the American Imaginary

Edited by Diane Accaria-Zavala and Rodolfo Popelnik

Prospero's Isles is a collection of essays with a running theme: it traces how the Caribbean presence informs, in compelling and inescapable ways, the texture of the American imaginary. This presence is manifested in varied art forms such as architecture, music, literature and film.

In the case of literary art, Claude McKay initiated the Harlem Renaissance with the publication of Harlem Shadows in 1922. However few regard it as important to acknowledge that McKay was a Jamaican, the grandson of a slave. His guiding poetic principles made Jamaican folkways, its popular culture, and a distinctly Caribbean sense of rhythm, movement and imagery the stuff of modern poetry. Caribbean manifestations of music have equally imprinted a particular aesthetic on American pop culture; Caribbean film performers too have helped in opening social spaces within a racially charged atmosphere in the film industry.

These are but a few examples showing the undeniable fact that it is time the field of American studies re-conceive the Caribbean and the debate it proposes beyond the immediate realms most of the critical canon concedes.

Prospero's Isles: The Presence of the Caribbean in the American Imaginary intends to do just that. It is a book relevant for those interested in American and Caribbean studies alike.

Diane Accaria-Zavala is Professor of Film and American literature in the English Department at the University of Puerto Rico. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies from New York University. She has published and lectured internationally on the Caribbean presence in writers such as Jean Rhys and on the relationship between the cinema and the work of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Carlos Fuentes.

Rodolfo Popelnik is Associate Professor of History of the Media and Communication Theory in the School of Communication at the University of Puerto Rico. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Media Ecology from New York University and has published and lectured internationally on a variety of themes that include social class, ethnic representation, social theory and media issues.

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Me nah read any of this here post, but me look and see you chat to yourself inna here [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bandanna</div><div class="ubbcode-body">((((Vannie)))) [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70459-hugs.gif[/img]

Me nah read any of this here post, but me look and see you chat to yourself inna here [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img]

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as long as u read an teach ur son to love reading, dat is enuff [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70459-hugs.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/proud_jamaica.gif[/img]

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Yep [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] una nina sent me a whole list of books she suggest for Imanni, and him love the bedtime stories [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

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try get an Ethiopian flag one..dat would be wikked...ur red white an blue naw wave like di black green an gole...line dem up an chek di colours....mi wonda wat di ites green an gole wudda look like...fi real [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/proud_jamaica.gif[/img]

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[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img] Them nah have the Ethiopian smiley flag [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img]

I'll keep looking [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]

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u eva scan the flags an iron dem on clothes....u can buy di transfer sheet fi u printer, print it and den iron it pon u clothes....wikked .....i am into crafts along wid books....u can do big ones fi tshirts or lapel size fi u collar, or size fi u jeans pockets...oooooh.....bring awn the Rasta pictures so i can store dem [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70459-hugs.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bannana_purple.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/notworthy.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/proud_jamaica.gif[/img]

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I just bought this sticker for my car window [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif[/img]



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alright evan, I had to come an read this when I had the time.. Sounds like some very interesting literature for real [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

Have you read them all? If so, which was your favorite?

Can you get them on amazon.com?? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bandanna</div><div class="ubbcode-body">alright evan, I had to come an read this when I had the time.. Sounds like some very interesting literature for real [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

Have you read them all? If so, which was your favorite?

Can you get them on amazon.com?? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]

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Heinneman Pulishers has a Caribbean line...children plus adults....u can buy it from dem but dem prices r in pounds sterling....oddawise, wen u deh yaad, go by dem local office fi see whe dem publish or chek local bookstores....me, i go to the source an cut out di middlemen dem

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Ackee, Breadfruit, Callaloo, by Valerie Bloom

Anansi the Spider Man, by Philip Sherlock

Caribbean Alphabet, by Irving Burgie and Frané Lessac

Caribbean Carnival, by Frané Lessac

Caribbean Colouring Books

Caribbean Folk Tales and Fantasies

Coconut Mon, by Linda Milstein

Constantine, by Nancy Rogers Yaeger

Constantine Goes to School, by Nancy Rogers Yaeger

The Dragon of Redonda, by Frané Lessac

Grommit the Vulture, by Andy Campbell

How Alligators got Rough Skin, by Lynette Comissiong

Ibis Stew?, Oh No! by Joanne Johnson

Illustrated Anansi by Philip Sherlock

In the Land of the Shak Shak Tree, by Jade Small &amp; Rachel Parker

Is It True Grandfather? by Wendy Lohse

Jessica, by Christine Leo

Legend of the St Ann's Flood by Debbie Jacob

Leroy the Lobster, by Katherine Orr

The Little Island, by Frane Lessac

A Lizard got into the Paint Pots, by Jill Pickering

Lola Tortola: Caribbean Limericks, by Molly Manley

Mauby's Big Adventure, by Peter Laurie

Mauby's Quest for the Magic Flower, by Peter Laurie

Oh No! The Pink Flamingo Turned Green, By Marilyn Sheffield

Paddy the Goat that Saved Rainbow Island, by Jo-Anne Mason

The Parrots and Papa Bois, by Lynette Comissiong

Shadows on the Moon, by Jolyon Byerley

Shelley, by Katherine Orr

Tarik and the Island of Adventure, by Lee Kessell

Two Peculiar Pelicans, by Eaulin Blondel

Zebo Nooloo Chinoo, by Lynette Comissiong


these r children's books they publish

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Ackee, Breadfruit, Callaloo
Valerie Bloom
Illustrated by Kim Harley

This beautifully illustrated book, combined with exotic
food and rhymes, introduces children not only to a fun
way to learn the alphabet but also to the rich and musical language of the Caribbean.

Egg plants, fritter, hot peppers, honey, nutmeg, sweet potatoes and prickly pears - learning the alphabet has never been such fun or so delicious!


Anansi the Spider Man
Philip M. Sherlock

15 Jamaican folk tales, illustrated with over 50 black and white drawings.

The legend of Anansi is a legend told by storytellers and parents throughout the world, and Philip Sherlock brings this original Spider Man to life!


Caribbean Alphabet

Frané Lessac

This book contains a collection of colourful paintings, each devoted to a letter of the alphabet portraying scenes from Caribbean life with each subject featured beginning with the same letter.
At the end of the book there is a brief description of each scene with the various subjects highlighted


Macmillan Caribbean
Colouring Books
A collection of attractive colouring books introducing children to aspects of life in the Caribbean.

Far more than simply colouring books, the superb drawings and authoritative extended texts make these important publications in the field of conservation education.

Each book in this attractive series features pages of line drawings for children to colour or paint. Appropriate short descriptions or titles for each scene are incorporated.

Wet, Wild and Rare Colouring Book
Nathalie Ward
Illustrated by Tessa Morgan
Paperback, 56pp, 276 x 216mm
0-333-64403-4 £2.75

Ibis Stew? Oh, no!


Joanne Gail Johnson

Illustrated by Katie McConnachie

This is the story of the evil pirate Captain Bad who sets sail on the Caribbean Sea to hunt down the Scarlet Ibis to make into a stew. However his plans are interrupted when he meets up with Omo and Pete who hatch a plan to try to make him change his ways.

Delightfully illustrated, and written in the form of a story poem, Ibis Stew is for children of all ages and will serve as a gentle reminder of the importance of conservation of our endangered birds.

The Scarlet Ibis, one of Trinidad’s national treasures, is now under threat of extinction. However the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust together with environmentalists and school groups are campaigning to save this beautiful bird. More information can be found in Captain Bad’s Scrapbook at the end of the book.

About the Author:

Joanne Gail Johnson taught in Trinidad primary schools for eight years and during this time discovered her interest in children’s theatre. In 1991 she wrote, produced, directed and acted in “The Island”, an interactive play educating its audiences of children about the plight of Trinidad’s endangered national bird, the Scarlet Ibis. In 2000 Joanne rewrote the play as a children’s book and renamed it Ibis Stew? Oh No! Joanne recently launched her website http://www.caribbeanchildren.com .

About the Illustrator:

Katy McConnachie worked for Hanna Barbera, in Los Angeles, as a special effects cartoonist before opening her own graphic design studio and art gallery, Seahorse Studios, Antigua. She has also illustrated Shadows on the Moon and Oh No! The Pink Flamingo Turned Green! both published by Macmillan Caribbean.


The Illustrated Anansi


Philip Sherlock

Illustrated by Petrina Wright

Sunset time is story time in the Caribbean and the children gather around an old woman and listen to the stories of Anansi.

Who was Anansi?

He was a man and he was a spider. When things went well he was a man but when he was in great danger he became a spider, safe in his web, high up on a ceiling. That was why his friend Mouse called him 'Ceiling Thomas'.

Anansi's home was in the villages and forests of West Africa. From there, many years ago, thousands of men and women came to the Caribbean. They brought with them the stories that they loved, the stories about clever Br'er Anansi and his friends Tiger and Crow and Moos-Moos and Kisander the cat.

All the tales poke fun at human failing - greed, selfishness and vanity. - things that deserve to be laughed at.

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Thanks evan [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70459-hugs.gif[/img]

I won't get back to Ja till December tho [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cry.gif[/img]

Me try to find them on the net, at least a few...

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