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Under the Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems - Gunning, Monica
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As in her award-winning Not a Copper Penny in Me House, Monica Gunning brings young readers back to the Jamaica of her childhood. The poems present intimate portraits of family and friends, as children see them in happy times and sad times. There are lively characters in moments both poignant and comical, such as Aunt Mae and her breadfruit trees, Stella-Sue walking like a ballerina to market, and Hilda the higgler, selling her spicy pies. Here is a book filled with the sights, smells, and sounds of the island, and ...

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Under the Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems 2004, Wordsong

ISBN-13: 9781590782583

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