References

Resources & Book List

All publishers UK unless otherwise stated

Non Fiction Resources Suitable for Primary Pupils at Key Stages 1 & 2

Adi, Hakim African & Caribbean Communities in Britain Wayland, 1995
Adi, Hakim African Migrations Wayland, 1994
Bailey, Donna We Live in Trinidad Macmillan, 1998
Barnabas, Anabe l Celebrations - Festivals, Carnivals & Feast Days from Around the World Dorling Kindersley, 1997
Barraclough, John Jamaica Heinemann, 1995
BBC Worldwide The Caribbean - Trinidad & Tobago and Dominica (Video & teachers and picture pack) BBC Publications, 1998
Benjamin, Floella Exploring Caribbean Food in Britain Mantra
Bennett, Olivia Festival Carnival Commonwealth Institute Macmillan, 1986
Brownlie, Alison The People of St. Lucia Wayland, 1998
Brownlie, Alison The Landscape of St Lucia Wayland, 1998
Brownlie, Alison Jamaica Wayland, 1997
Brownlie, Alison Food & Festivals of West Africa, A Flavour of West Africa Wayland, 1998
Chambers, Catherine The History of Emigration from Africa Franklin Watts, 1996
Chambers, Catherine Carnival Evans, 1998
Chandler, Clare Carnival Wayland, 1997
Dash, Paul Traditions from the Caribbean Wayland, 1998
Flint, David On the Map - Caribbean Simon & Schusher, 1993
Golding, Viv Traditions from Africa Wayland, 1998
Griffiths, John Countries of the World - Caribbean Wayland, 1989
Hottridge, Rhoda Summer - Lets Celebrate World Festivals (includes chapter on Notting Hill Carnival) Wayland, 1994
Isley, Linda A Flavour of the Caribbean Wayland, 1998
Learning by Design Jamaica - Teachers Pack including A4 Colour Photos Channel 4 Publications
Lindsay, Zaidee West Indies A & C Black, 1979
Mayer, T.W. The Caribbean & it's People Wayland, 1994
McKenley, Yvonne A Taste of the Caribbean Wayland, 1994
Menter, Ian Carnival (A Photostory - Carnival in Bristol) Hamish Hamilton, 1982
Morrison, Marion Cuba Wayland, 1997
Norwood, Maggie I am a Rastafarian Franklin Watts, 1986
Rosen, Mike Summer Festivals (includes section on Notting Hill Carnival) Wayland, 1990
Walker, Cas Focus on the Caribbean Evans, 1995
Warner, Rachel Our Steel Band (Photostory set in a London School Hamish Hamilton, 1987
World Aware St. Lucia & Castries Resources (Includes work on contrasting localities, books, maps and video) World Aware 31 - 35 Kirby St. EC1

 

Fiction Resources Suitable for Older Students & Adults

Anthony, Michael The Chieftains Carnival & Other Stories Longman
Lovelace, Earl The Dragon Can't Dance Longman
Lovelace, Ear l Jestina's Calypso - A Play Heinemann
Pascall, Alex We Ting Good Vibes

 

Songs & Music

Conner, Eric Songs from Trinidad OUP
Bartholomew, John The Steelband OUP
Blake, Felix The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan  
Brother Resistance Rapso Explosion Karia Press
Elder, JD From Congo Drum to Steelband: A Socio-historical Account of the Emergence and Evolution of the Trinidad Steel Orchestra St Augustine University
Goddard, George Forty Years in the Steelbands 1939 - 1979 Karia Press
Gonzalez, Sylvia Steelband Saga: A Story of the Steelband - The First 25 Years Port of Spain Ministry of Education & Culture
Liverpool, Hollis Kaiso and Society Virgin Islands Commission on Youth
Liverpool, Hollis Culture and Education Karia Press
Noel, Terry The Steelband: From Bamboo to Pan London Commonwealth Institute ND
Noel, Terry & Scarfe, Jill Play Pan Trentham Books
Ottley, Rudolph Women in Calypso Carib Trinidad
Quevedo, Raymond Attilla's Kaiso - A Short History of Trinidad Calypso University of the West Indies
Rohlehr, Gordon Calypso and Society in Pre-Independence Trinidad G Rohlehr Trinidad
Rudder, David Kaiso Calypso Music New Beacon
Slater, John The Advent of Steelband and My Life and Times With It John Slater (Available from Neil Macey, 223 Evering Road, London E5 or Africa Centre Bookshop
Warner, Keith The Trinidad Calypso Heinemann

 

Poetry

Agard, J & Nichols, G No Hickory, No Dickory, No Dock - Caribbean Nursery Rhymes Puffin, 1992
Agard, J & Nichols, G A Caribbean Dozen - Poems from Caribbean Poets Walker Books, 1994
Agard, John I Din Do Nuttin  
Agard, John A Calypso Alphabet Picture Lions, 1993
Armet, Francis Carnival Time (includes photos and words from Notting Hill) Seed Pubs, 1990
Bloom, Valerie Duppy Jamboree and other Jamaican Poems CUP, 1992
Bloom, Valerie Fruits - Counting & Poetry Macmillan, 1992
Faustin, Charles The Kiskadee Queen - Black Nursery Verse Picture Puffin, 1994
Faustin, Charles & Arenson, Roberta A Caribbean Counting Book Barefoot Books, 1996
Gunning, Monica Not a Copper Penny in Me House Macmillan, 1994
Hallworth, Grace Down By The River - Afro-Caribbean Rhymes, Games & Songs for Children Heinemann, 1996
Joseph, Lynn Coconut Kind of Day - Island Poems Picture Puffin, 1992
Lessac, Frané Caribbean Canvas (Paintings & Poetry) Macmillan, 1987
Linden One Smiling Grandma - A Caribbean Counting Book Mammoth, 1998
Marley, Molly Lola Tortola - Caribbean Limericks Macmillan, 1998
Nichols, Grace Come on into my Tropical Garden Young Lion Poetry, 1993
Nichols, Grace Can I buy a Slice of Sky? - Poems from Black, Asian and American Indian Cultures Hodder Children's Books, 1996
Nichols, Grace Poetry Jump-Up Puffin Books, 1990
Nichols, Grace Give Yourself a Hug Puffin Penguin, 1994
Stewart, Pauline Singing Down the Breadfruit & other Poems Red Fox, 1993
Zephaniah, Benjamin Funky Chickens Viking, 1996
Zephaniah, Benjamin Talking Turkeys Viking, 1996

 

Song Books

Caribbean Carnival- Songs of the West Indies (includes words, songs, music and paintings) Macmillan, 1992
Folksongs of the Caribbean Faber Music, 1993
Folksongs from Africa Faber Music, 1993
Mango Spice A & C Black, 1981
Tinder Box (includes a carnival song) A & C Black, 1992

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