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Jamaica My Island Home
Jamaica My Island Home introduces very young readers (KS0-1; ages 4-6) to their Jamaican heritage, the beauty of Jamaica and how they can best preserve this beauty. Covering topics like geography, history, cooking, sport and culture, and with full-colour images throughout, young readers will learn to appreciate the vast array of beauty and wonder that Jamaica has to offer.
42 pages, Paperback
Published April 17, 2014
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June 26, 2023
I didn't like this one at all. Most of the pages could be about any place. Also, couldn't be any more whitewashed. I mean, the people are depicted as black, but very lightly drawn black. There's nothing significant about culture, and only a brief mention of historical figures, but not even what they're known for other than "independence."
The biggest catch, though, is the depiction of all the people who came to Jamaica to coexist in harmony. Um, no. You have literal pictures of slaves being taken and the only words on the page are "and then the Spanish came" ... "and then the English." At least use different pictures if you want to paint a false happy picture. Or better yet, address the issues!
Not a fan of this one at all.
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The biggest catch, though, is the depiction of all the people who came to Jamaica to coexist in harmony. Um, no. You have literal pictures of slaves being taken and the only words on the page are "and then the Spanish came" ... "and then the English." At least use different pictures if you want to paint a false happy picture. Or better yet, address the issues!
Not a fan of this one at all.
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