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Not a Copper Penny in Me House
Poems from the Caribbean
By Gunning, Monica
- ISBN
- 978-1-56397-050-4
- Publisher
- Boyds/Wordsong
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1993
Gr 1-5 Fifteen poems evoke sights and sounds of the Caribbean. A little girl polishes her shoes with hibiscus leaves, women wash clothes in a stream, a teacher takes her class outdoors and teaches under a breadfruit tree. Gunning's language captures the lilting cadences of island speech. ""Sweet mangoes off me tree,"" says a roadside peddlar. ""Nice rip...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
