{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Socamom","provider_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w","author_name":"Eva Wilson","author_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/author\/socasoca\/","title":"Caribbean Children's Books: Reading List for Caribbean (and all) Children - Socamom","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DfcYlBcFuk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/reading-list-for-caribbean-children\/\">Caribbean Children&#8217;s Books: Reading List for Caribbean (and all) Children<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/reading-list-for-caribbean-children\/embed\/#?secret=DfcYlBcFuk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Caribbean Children&#8217;s Books: Reading List for Caribbean (and all) Children&#8221; &#8212; Socamom\" data-secret=\"DfcYlBcFuk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/stiritupcover_socamom.jpg","thumbnail_width":120,"thumbnail_height":181,"description":"I visit sites around the web from time to time, and a while back, I came across Anansesem. \u00a0I recently requested a reading list for Caribbean American (and all) kids from Summer Edward, editor of Anansesem - a Caribbean ezine for and by Caribbean Children, and she sent me to this link on her website: http:\/\/www.anansesem.com\/p\/reading-lists.html I don't know how often this is updated, but if you get through all of these, feel free to check back on the list to see if there are any new additions. \u00a0Also check out her interview with author Ramin Ganeshram. \u00a0She has written Stir It Up, a book about a Trinidadian-American teen, that one isn't on the list yet. \u00a0In the interview, Ramin Ganeshram suggests another book with a Dominican-American tween as the protagonist by Trinidadian writer Lynn Joseph,The Color of My Words. Suggested Reading List: Kids\u2022\u00a0A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets. Edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols. Candlewick Press.\u2022\u00a0A Caribbean Journey from A to Y. By Mario Picayo. Campanita Books.\u2022\u00a0Ackee, Breadfruit, Callaloo. By Valerie Bloom. Macmillan Caribbean.\u2022\u00a0Act of God: A Collection of Caribbean Short Stories. Compiled and edited by Undine Giuseppi. Macmillan Caribbean.\u2022\u00a0Anansesem: A Collection of Folk Tales, Legends and Poems for Juniors. By Velma Pollard. Carlong Publishers.\u2022\u00a0Anansi the Spider Man. By Philip Sherlock. Macmillan Caribbean.\u2022\u00a0Backfire: A Collection of Caribbean Short Stories. Compiled and edited by Undine &amp; Neville Giuseppi. Macmillan Caribbean.\u2022\u00a0Blue Mountain Trouble. By Martin Mordecai. Arthur A. Levine Books.\u2022\u00a0Caribbean Alphabet. By Fran\u00e9 Lessac. Macmillan Caribbean."}