Caribbean Twelve Days of Christmas: Caribe doce dias de Navidad

Caribbean Twelve Days of Christmas is a unique picture book for small children who are learning to count. It is an island portrayal on the age old classic Christmas story. Caribbean people, flowers, and wildlife highlight the twelve days with original watercolors, drawings, and collages. These are some of the many forms of art work taught in the local schools. Collage is a typical Caribbean art form and it is shown through a fancy iguana, dancing ladies, the old wife trigger fish and jumping mongoose. Yellow warblers, bananaquits, four eyed butterfly fish, hummingbirds, hibiscus and flamingos are examples of island watercolors. Then there is the endangered hawksbill turtle completing the twelve days through pencil drawing. Since the Caribbean also hosts many Spanish speaking islands, the original lyrics are subtitled in Spanish.