Consider adding these #ReadCaribbean options to your child’s library
Thanks to the continuous work of our brilliant Caribbean authors, there’s no shortage of literature that celebrates the different facets of our culture.
Representation is important and your little one is bound to recognise themselves or people and places they know in the pages of these literary treasures.
Here we’ve compiled a list of #readcaribbean options you should consider adding to your little ones library.
The Chronicles of Coryn Series
This series was penned by 7-year-old Trinidadian author, Coryn Anaya Clarke. The young literacy advocate writes books to share some of what she’s learnt as she goes on different adventures in her home country and across the region. Her first book, Chronicles of Coryn: Seven Days of Fun was written and published when she was just four years old.
The Adventures of Lola
THIS IS MILA
“This is Mila”, is a true story about a little girl who has challenges to read and write, so instead of focusing on this difference, she channels her energy into her other special and amazing qualities. She wrote this book for all the kids out there going through the same challenges as her
ADVENTURES OF JADA: ATTACK OF THE COMMON COLD
Jada is taken on an adventure when her mom’s tinny cold turns into a raging monster! The Adventures of Jada follows a spunky little girl and her friends on epic imaginative adventures. Using her imagination, Jada always manages to et herself into crazy situations that often require creative solutions. This time around, she faces the common cold monster. The brave little adventure seeker faces the massive monster with her sharp mind and bravery.
KY’S MAGICAL ADVENTURES: WHERE THE GARBAGE GOES
Have you ever wondered where garbage goes? Well, Ky never did, until one day when a gust of wind blew the wrapper from her favourite fruit snack out of the bin and out of her reach. Ky was worried because she was taught not to litter. As she drifted off to sleep that night, with thoughts of the wrapper on her mind, she was taken on a magical adventure to see just what happens to garbage. Join Ky on a fun adventure with her new friend Wendy.
PETRA AND THE POUI
Are the petals prettier across the Pacific? Petra loves the poui trees in the park—until she stumbles upon a video on her mother’s tablet that causes her to forget her pouis and makes her determined to see what’s on that video for herself. Join Petra as she drags her parents on a journey halfway across the world where she discovers not only what was on the video, but an important truth about herself.
