The Right Season
Poetry for Jamaican and Caribbean Children
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Birds Birds , birds everywhere In the tree On the ground In the water In the air Little baby birds Teeny beeny birds Brother-sister birds Mother-father bird, birds Chirping birds Clucking birds Quacking birds Crowing birds Talking many words birds Singing all day long birds Hopping birds Run along the ground birds Swimming birds Diving birds Flying high in the sky birds Flying low near the ground birds Early birds Dawn chorus –making birds Noon cruising on the wind birds Evening say goodbye birds Lonely night flying Food fetching birds Arctic birds Temperate birds Tropic plume so bright birds Black birds White birds Yellow, green and blue birds On the ground In the water In the air Lots and lots of birds to Out there
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About the Book
An anthology of poems/songs for children 2-12 years of age aptly expressed in these two verses:
Cool characters: Ackee, Patt ee and Dumplin, invite kids to sing, dance, play and enjoy exciti ng fun with them as they frolic in the warmth of the Caribbean sunshine Come on out Read with friends And family too Dance, prance, learn Something newAbout the Author
Cecile Jarrett is an educator and Human Resource Development Professional. She spent in excess of thirty years teaching English, Literature and General Management at the tertiary/higher level of the Jamaican education system. An avid lover of literature and author of Voices from the Shore, Mrs. Jarrett has kept her promise to Jamaican children by publishing this anthology for them.
In 2006, Mrs. Jarrett received an award for outstanding achievement in Poetry from the International Society of Poets for Victory and Ancestral Mothers. She also won a 2008 JCDC silver medal for Birds—a poem in this Anthology. Some of her work has been published in the Daily Gleaner, Creative Arts Review—UWI and publications by the International Society of Poets and Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). Mrs. Jarrett , who resides in Jamaica but travels around the Caribbean, is the wife of Norman, mother of their five grown children and grandmother to seven.