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The Jumbies

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 161620592X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Jumbies written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corinne La Mer claims she isn’t afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They’re just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn’t belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day, she knows something extraordinary is about to happen. When this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinne’s house, danger is in the air. Severine plans to claim the entire island for the jumbies. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and learn to use ancient magic she didn’t know she possessed to stop Severine and to save her island home.

Rise of the Jumbies

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616206659
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Jumbies written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust. When local children begin to go missing, snatched from the beach and vanishing into wells, suspicious eyes turn to Corinne. To rescue the missing children and clear her own name, Corinne goes deep into the ocean to find Mama D’Leau, the dangerous jumbie who rules the sea. But Mama D’Leau’s help comes with a price. Corinne and her friends Dru, Bouki, and Malik must travel with mermaids across the ocean to fetch a powerful object for Mama D’Leau. The only thing more perilous than Corinne’s adventures across the sea is the jumbie that waits for her back home. With action-packed storytelling and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairy tales, Rise of the Jumbies is a breathlessly exciting tale of courage and friendship. An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017

The Jumbie God's Revenge

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1616208910
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Jumbie God's Revenge written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thunder rumbles, lightning strikes, danger appears . . . When an out-of-season hurricane sweeps through Corinne’s seaside village, Corinne knows it’s not an ordinary storm. At first Corinne believes Mama D’Leau, the powerful and cruel jumbie who rules the ocean, has caused the hurricane. Then an even more ferocious storm wrecks the island, sending villagers fleeing their houses for shelter in the mountains, and Corinne discovers the storms weren’t caused by a jumbie, but by the angry god Huracan. Now Corinne, with the help of her friends and even some of her enemies, must race against time to find out what has angered Huracan and try to fix it before her island home is destroyed forever. The Jumbie God’s Revenge blends Caribbean and West African tales to present powerful themes of community and heroism in a heart-pounding action adventure.

Looking for a Jumbie

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781954635715
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Looking for a Jumbie written by Tracey Baptiste and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste and acclaimed illustrator Amber Ren take readers on a fun, creepy, storytime-ready romp through a forest filled with creatures from Caribbean folklore. I'm looking for a jumbie, I'm going to find a scary one. But Mama says jumbies exist only in stories. So Naya sets out on a nighttime adventure to find out for herself. No such thing, say the friends she makes along the way. But Naya is sure that jumbies are real. Some have big mouths. Or thick fur. Or glowing skin. Or sharp teeth. Kind of like her new friends...Looking for a Jumbie is a gentle, bouncy, and creepily fun read-aloud inspired by traditional Caribbean tales.

The Jumbies' Playing Ground

Author : Robert Wyndham Nicholls
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496801180
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book The Jumbies' Playing Ground written by Robert Wyndham Nicholls and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the world topsy-turvy. Modern carnivals, which evolved from earlier ritual celebrations featuring disguised performers, are important cultural andeconomic events throughout the Caribbean, a direct link to a multilayered history. This work explores the evolutionary connections in function, garb, and behavior between Afro-Creole masquerades and precursors from West Africa, the British Isles, and Western Europe. Robert Wyndham Nicholls utilizes a concept of play derived from Africa to describe a range of lighthearted and ritualistic activities. Along with Old World seeds, he studies the evolution of Afro- Creole prototypes that emerged in the Eastern Caribbean—bush masquerades, stilt dancers, animal disguises, she-males, female masquerades, and carnival clowns. Masquerades enact social, political, and spiritual roles within recurring festivals, initiations, wakes, skimmingtons, and weddings. The author explores performance in terms of abstraction in costume-disguise and the aesthetics of music, songs, drum rhythms, dance, and licentiousness. He reveals masquerades as transformative agent, ancestral endorser, behavior manager, informal educator, and luck conferrer.

Justice and Her Brothers

Author : Virginia Hamilton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453237216
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Justice and Her Brothers written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl and her twin brothers discover their special powers in the first of a fantasy series by the Newbery Medal–winning author of M.C. Higgins, the Great. For Justice and her identical twin brothers Levi and Thomas, the summer begins like any other. But as the slow days pass, Justice begins to notice a strange energy between her brothers, beyond their normal twin connection. Thomas becomes increasingly bossy and irritable, while Levi seems weak and absentminded. And there are changes happening within Justice, as well. Soon she discovers that she possesses a mysterious, extraordinary ability. Will Justice and her brothers uncover the secret behind their newfound powers? Justice and Her Brothers is the first book in Virginia Hamilton’s compelling dystopian fantasy series, the Justice Trilogy, comprised of Justice and Her Brothers, Dustland, and The Gathering. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Angel's Grace

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442402962
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Angel's Grace written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace has always had wild red hair like no one else in her family and a birthmark on her shoulder that her mother told her was the mark of an angel. When Grace is sent from New York to spend the summer with her grandmother in Trinidad, she looks through the family album and discovers a blurred photograph of a stranger with a birthmark -- her birthmark -- and Grace is full of questions. No one is able to identify the man in the photo, and Grace is left with no choice but to find out who he is and what he might mean to her. What Grace does not know is that her search will lead to a discovery about herself and her family that she never could have imagined. Tracey Baptiste's first novel is a tender coming-of-age story set on the island of Trinidad. Angel's Grace explores the meaning of identity and truth, and the unbreakable ties of a family bound by love.

Dragons in a Bag

Author : Zetta Elliott
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0593897218
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Dragons in a Bag written by Zetta Elliott and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they'll be safe. There are two rules when it comes to the dragons: don't let them out of the bag, and don't feed them anything sweet. Before he knows it, Jax and his friends Vikram and Kavita have broken both rules! Will Jax get the baby dragons delivered safe and sound? Or will they be lost in Brooklyn forever? AN ALA-ALSC NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Dragons in a Bag series continues! Don't miss The Dragon Thief, and The Witch's Apprentice.

Moko Jumbies

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moko Jumbies written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen years ago, Glen 'Dragon' De Souza founded the Keylemanjahro School of Arts and Culture on the

African Icons

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616209003
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book African Icons written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, American schoolchildren celebrate Black History Month. They study almost exclusively American stories, which are not only rooted in struggle over enslavement or oppression, but also take in only four hundred years of a rich and thrilling history that goes back many millennia across the African continent. Through portraits of ten historical figures - from Menes, the first ruler to be called Pharaoh, to Queen Idia, a sixteenth-century power broker, visionary, and diplomat - African Iconstakes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose ideas built a continent and shaped our world.

Grilled Cheese and Dragons #1

Author : Nancy Krulik
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 051515833X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Grilled Cheese and Dragons #1 written by Nancy Krulik and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the princess who'd rather wear a suit of armor than a crown! Princess Serena (or as she prefers, Princess Pulverizer) doesn't want to be a princess--she wants to be knight! But her father, King Alexander of Empiria, thinks she still has a lot to learn when it comes to exhibiting valiant behavior. So he presents a challenge: the princess must first go on a Quest of Kindness and perform good deeds to prove that she truly deserves to go to knight school. With help from a friendly dragon named Dribble and a perpetually terrified knight-in-training named Lucas, can she complete her quest and discover what it really takes to be a hero?

Golden Tales

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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780439243988
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Golden Tales written by and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve classic tales from Latin America - before and after the days of Columbus.

Root Magic

Author : Eden Royce
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062899600
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Root Magic written by Eden Royce and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poignant, necessary entry into the children’s literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!”—Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small. It’s 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won’t stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven— and their uncle, Doc, tells them he’s going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations—especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family’s true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs…and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it’s going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through. Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature!

Because Claudette

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593326407
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Because Claudette written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NYT bestselling author Tracey Baptiste comes a singular picture book that is both a biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebration of collective action. When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated bus on March 2, 1955, she had no idea she was about to make history. At school she was learning about abolitionists like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, which helped inspire her decision to refuse to give up her seat to a white woman, which led to her arrest, which began a crucial chain of events: Rosa Park's sit-in nine months later, the organization of the Montgomery bus boycott by activists like Professor Jo Ann Robinson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Supreme Court decision that Alabama's bus segregation was unconstitutional—a major triumph for the civil rights movement. Because of Claudette's brave stand against injustice, history was transformed. Now it's time for young readers to learn about this living legend, her pivotal role in the civil rights movement, and the power of one person reaching out to another in the fight for change.

The Left-Handed Fate

Author : Kate Milford
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805098003
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Left-Handed Fate written by Kate Milford and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A quest story to find the three pieces of a magical engine which can either win the War of 1812 ... or stop it altogether"--

Serafina's Promise

Author : Ann E. Burg
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545549949
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Serafina's Promise written by Ann E. Burg and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner ALL THE BROKEN PIECES. Serafina hasa secret dream. She wants to go to schooland become a doctorwith her best friend, Julie Marie. But in their rural villageoutside Port-au-Prince, Haiti,many obstaclesstand in Serafina’s way--little money,never-ending chores,and Manman’s worries. More powerful eventhan all of theseare the heavy rainsand the shaking earththat test Serafina’s resolvein ways she never dreamed. At once heartbreaking and hopeful,this exquisitely crafted storywill leave a lasting impressionon your heart.

To the Sea

Author : Cale Atkinson
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1368041787
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book To the Sea written by Cale Atkinson and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes Tim feels invisible at school-until one day, when Tim meets Sam. But Sam isn't just any new friend: he's a blue whale, and he can't find his way home! Returning Sam to the sea is hard work, but Tim is determined to help. After all, it's not every day you meet a new friend! This picture book about the power of friendship by new talent Cale Atkinson is brought to life by charming, dynamic illustrations.