A Jamaican story from the land where the sun shines down on every man, woman and child in equal measure; a safe harbor where hope springs eternal in the hearts of all good people and where the river of respect runs deep. This story is set in Trelawney, sometime between 1950 and 1962. The story is one of three stories that Nelson Mandela praised as being 'wonderful'. I extend my appreciation to the honorable Royland Barrett, the Custos of Trelawney (Mayor), for the factual background information...
It’s the weekend, first in June; speaker’s blasting out big tune! Cousins, aunties, uncles, friends, pack the house and fun begins. Shane is shy, but loves to dance— and all year long, he’s picked up cans to earn some money toward his goal: high-tops with a pump-up sole. But then the speaker blows—it’s done! Will this stop his family’s fun? Can Shane come through to save the day and bring back Big Tune Saturday? Set a vibrant Caribbean-American neighbourhood and told to a rhythmic beat, Big T...
Kringle Cat Gets Lost In Guatemala (Kringle Cat Gets Lost, #2)
by Carrie Foshee
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
Prepared specifically to support social studies, map skills, geography skills plus history and heritage topics at upper primary and lower secondary levels throughout the Caribbean. This workbook supports the use of the Social Studies Atlas for the Caribbean as a practical tool in the primary and secondary social studies and geography classrooms. Covers a wide range of social studies and geography topicsActivities and worksheets which follow the atlasWide range of practice act...
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Christopher Brown loves drawing. When he enters the local art competition he doesn’t realise that his photo research will lead him to becoming...
After a While Crocodile
by Dr Brady Barr and Jennifer Keats Curtis
América del Sur (Explorando Los Continentes (Exploring Continents))
by Alexis Roumanis
An explorer goes in search of the Inca's legendary lost city of gold, but discovers instead a more spiritual treasure.
Lucky Luis (Rosen Real Readers: Social Studies Nonfiction / Fiction: Fam)
by Declan Parnell
