TF Caribbean Cultural Reading Program for Caribbean Heritage Month

Authors Connecting 

Read a Book a Day

Adults Books by Caribbean Authors

 Children Books by Caribbean Authors

1.Omeros by Derek Alton Walcott

1 . I am a Promise by Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce,Ashley Rousseau and Rachel Moss

2.Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma

2. I love You Too by Ziggy Marley

3 – The Polished Hoe by Austin Chesterfield Clarke

3 – Peach The Duck by Kamla Karina Millwood

4 – Black Leopard, Red Wolf The Dark Star Trilogy Book 1 by Marlon James

4- Play Mas’! A Carnival ABC by Dirk Mclean

5 – Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

5 – The Field by Baptiste Paul illustrated by Jacqueline Alcantara

6 – Bob Marley for Ukulele by Bob Marley

6 – The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

7 – The True Nanny Diaries by Nandi Keyi

7 – The Nutmeg Princess by Ricardo Keens-Douglas

8 – “Iron Balloons: Hit fiction from Jamaica’s Calabash Writer’s Workshop” Edited by Colin Channer (Various Writers from the Caribbean)

8 – Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle Hardcover by Hilda Eunice Burgos

9 – “Pepper Pot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean” Edited by Peekash Press (Various Writers from the Caribbean)

9 – Ti Koko and Kush Kush by Patricia G. Turnbull

10- Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

10 – Oh Happy Day by Michelle Ragoonanan-Ali

11- House of Tears by Andrew Antoine

11 – Three Little Birds by Cedella Marley Booker

12- Neg Maron/Freedom fighter by Michael Aubertin

12- Cultural Warrior Jaidyn and the King of the Brooklyn Carnival: The Carlos Lezama by Yolanda Lezama-Clark, Dawad Philip, David Moore

13- Wake Rasta by Garfield Ellis

13- Down by the River: Afro-Carican Ryhmes, Games and Songs for Children by Grace Hallworth

14- Lady in Red: Federal Agents keep watching by Tilsa C. Wright

14- Little Lion Goes To School by Kellie Magnus

16- Hybrid Executive: The New Terminology and Responsibilities of Today’s Indie Artists by Samuel E. Archer

16 – Islandborn by Junot Díaz

17- The Belle Créole by Maryse Condé

17 – Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor

18- The Relationship Between Individual and Family in the Caribbean Novel

18 – Musical Youth by Joanne C. Hillhouse

19- Mouths Don’t Speak by Katia D. Ulysse

19 – Inner City Girl by Colleen Smith-Dennis

20- My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir

20 – Zapped! Danger in the Cell by Jewel A. Daniel & Lynelle A.Martin

21- Til I Find You by Greta Bondieumaitre

21 – The Resolutions by Mia Garcia

22- Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

22 – Marcus Garvey and the Tainos in Canoe Valley by Denise Salmon

23- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

23 – Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

24- In the Times of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

24 – Youth Power a Legacy of Hope Which Transcends Ethnicity,Culture and Time by Catherine Helena Dorsette

25- A House for Mr.Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

25 – Tinamika’s Morning Paperback by Tammie Paige

26- “Krik? Krak!” by Edwidge Danticat

26 – Party: A Mystery by Jamaica Kincaid

27- Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

27 – With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

28- Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord

28 – The Jumbie God’s Revenge by Tracey Baptiste

29- The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Dickson Selvon

29 – Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernández

30- Harriet’s Daughter by Nourbese Philip

30 – Peanut and the Caribbean Myths by A. L. Dawn French