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A CARIBBEAN COUNTING BOOK.
by Charles, Faustin. Roberta Arenson, illustrator
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dust jacket./glossy illustrated boards, no
- ISBN 10
- 0395779448
- ISBN 13
- 9780395779446
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1996.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dust jacket.. First American edition. A collection of traditional counting rhymes from all over the Caribbean - Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba, Martinique and more. "Each selection, attributed to its place of origin, pulses with the rhythms of a sunny clime. Pawpaws and breadfruit, guava and calaloo-stew give the verses an exotic feel, while girls jumping rope and boys "peltin' stones in a tree" set them within a familiar context. Each rhyme works as a counting song, often in a "Ten Little Indians" format descending from 10 to one. Their exuberance and humor make counting fun ("Well, four of me dumplins gone./ Don't tell me so!/ Four of me dumplins gone./ I don't want to know!")" (PW Weekly). Illustrated with bright collages by Roberta Arenson. Large format, unpaginated.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76400
- Title
- A CARIBBEAN COUNTING BOOK.
- Author
- Charles, Faustin. Roberta Arenson, illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- glossy illustrated boards, no
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395779448
- ISBN 13
- 9780395779446
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1996.
- Keywords
- african american, children's books,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Caribbean literature and history;
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