Books published by publisher Macmillan Caribbean (30 Jan. 2009)

Marcus and Mira fly all over the Talparo forest on a tiny island in the blue Caribbean Sea. Cra-cra-cra-aa. Craaa, craaa, craaa craaa, they squawk. Everywhere they go all the animals complain about the raucous noise. Yet Mira wants, more than anything else, to sing sweetly like all the other animals. What can she do? Who can help? Surely she can't ask the King of the Forest? Share in this beautifully illustrated retelling of the Caribbean folk legend of Papa Bois, King of the Forest, and how he changes the lives of parrots forever more.

On the Island of Great Inagua in The Bahamas, there lives a huge colony of beautiful pink flamingos. They are happy in their work and play - happy, that is, except for Candice, a young flamingo who isn't very good at hunting for shrimps. 'Too many flamingos and not enough food!' she complains and flies away to discover her own secret island. Here she finds juicy catarpillars to eat, new friends to play with... and adventure. This is a delightful Bahamian tale, in which you can find out for yourself why the pink flamingo turned green.

It is the start of a new school year in Kendal, Jamaica, and Josh is determined not to be late. He sets off in good time - but so does his beloved bull-calf, Boy, who follows him everywhere like a dog. Josh's teacher is horrified to see Boy in the classroom but Josh manages to turn the situation to good advantage - until things start to go badly wrong. When the headmaster tells Josh's mother the story of Boy's disastrous visit to school she insists that the calf is sold at once. The local storeman buys him in spite of Josh's protests, driving a hard bargain. But Josh is a fighter; he organises his schoolfriends to mount first a demonstration and then a hunger strike in his campaign to get Boy back. The villagers, hostile at first, are soon on his side. Before long the embarrassed storeman realises that he has not been as clever as he thought. Laszlo Ac's sensitive and lively drawings add to the pleasure of this book. The revised editions include new supplementary material including chapter summaries, an exploration of the book's major themes and post-reading comprehension activities.