Jamaica's Find

Name: Jamaica's Find
Price: 8.99 USD
Availability: BackOrder
ISBN: 9780395453575

By: Juanita Havill

Illustrated By: Anne Sibley O'Brien

Product Description

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Jamaica finds a stuffed dog at the playground and after taking him home discovers her conscience as well. Winner of the 1987 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and A Reading Rainbow Selection. Ages 4-7.

Product Information

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Title: Jamaica's Find
By: Juanita Havill
Illustrated By: Anne Sibley O'Brien
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1987
Dimensions: 8 X 8 3/4 X 1/4 (inches)

Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 0395453577
ISBN-13: 9780395453575
Ages: 4-8
Series: Jamaica
Stock No: WW53570

Publisher's Description

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In this richly illustrated picture book, when first grader Jamaica finds a stuffed animal in the park, she comes up against a moral dilemma and the concepts of right and wrong.

Jamaica really likes the toy dog and wants to keep it! But with the help of her family, Jamaica decides that it could belong to a kid, just like her. What will Jamaica decide to do? With simple yet vivid text and gentle illustrations, this hopeful and relatable story of lost-and-found will add to every child's toolbox of understanding how to be an empathetic person in our big and beautiful diverse world.

Author Bio

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JUANITA HAVILL is an American children's picture book author best known for the Jamaica books. She has also written a young adult novel, Eyes Like Willy's. She lives in Arizona. ANNE SIBLEY O'BRIEN has illustrated more than thirty-three books for children, including the Jamaica stories. She lives on an island in Maine with her husband.

Publisher's Weekly

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There are happy endings all around when Jamaica finds an old stuffed animal and has the satisfaction of returning it to the grateful owner. Ages 4-8. (October)

Editorial Reviews

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"Children Jamaica's age, struggling with the concepts of right and wrong, will undoubtedly find Jamaica's moral dilemma of great interest." - Publishers Weekly
“Ideal for independent and phonics instructional reading for long i vowel sounds.” - Wiley Blevins, Phonics from A to Z, 4th Edition