Books published by publisher CaribbeanReads Publishing

Award winning title: Third place in the 2016 Burt Award for Caribbean LiteratureA fast-paced adventure set deep in a Caribbean forest with a hero who must risk everything to save the forest and his village.Twelve-year-old JV can't wait to spend his vacation exploring the Oscuros Forest. True, everyone in the village of Alcavere believes the Oscuros Forest is a place to be feared, inhabited by dangerous and magical beings. But JV is not afraid, even when his first trip into the forest brings him face-to-face with a mysterious creature.Then the disappearance of one of their own shakes the village and JV joins the search. He finds himself deep in the Oscuros Forest on a rescue mission and committed to a promise, a promise which the Protectors of the forest insist he keeps no matter how dangerous things get.Can JV complete his daring quest even as he uncovers in the process, a shocking secret that will force him to question everything he thought he knew?

LOST!When an Arctic seal named Dolphin finds himself far from home in the warm Caribbean sea, he has to rely on new friends for help. Will he make his way back to his Arctic home?This book includes a short story and a puzzle.Who is Dolphin, the Arctic seal?The story of Dolphin, the Arctic Seal, was inspired by Wadadli, a young male hooded seal that left its home in the Nrth Atlantic and found himself stranded in the Caribbean Sea just off of the island of Antigua. He was rescued by the Coast Guard of Antigua and Barbuda, and like Dolphin, the Arctic Seal, he was returned to his home by plane.

Best friends Sirus and Bubba fit together like saltfish and bake. That is until Charlie Sand moves into town. All of a sudden Bubba is doing exciting things with a new friend and Sirus doesn't fit in. Can Sirus find a way to share Bubba's friendship with Charlie Sand? Set on the island of Trinidad and aimed at children aged six-ten years old, The Blessing of Charlie Sand is a heart-warming story of friendship. Praise for The Blessing of Charlie Sand "Kids will love both story and pictures in this warm tale of friendship and magic." -Olive Senior, author of Anna Carries Water and many other titles. "The Blessing of Charlie Sand will inspire children to trust in the wisdom that comes from both beyond and within. The emotionally measured text and the immediacy of Bootman's understated illustrations draw the reader in." -Summer Edward, children's book editor and founder of Anansesem.

Chee Chee and his brothers, vervet monkeys living in St. Kitts, spend their days looking for food for the family. This is dangerous work and the monkeys long for their own paradise for their very own paradise, a garden where they can fill their tummies with fruits without being chased by humans or dogs.Can they find this special place and escape all of the dangers around it?