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Jamaica Tag-Along
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 24, 1990)Jamaica doesn't want a younger child to play with her, until she remembers how she felt when her older brother excluded her from his games.
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Jamaica's Blue Marker
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Aug. 25, 2003)Jamaica was friends with everyone in school - except for Russell. No wonder: Russell was a mean brat. When they had art class, Russell borrowed her markers and spoiled her picture. At recess, he threw sand and chased little kids. Jamaica certainly wasn't sorry to learn that Russell was going to move away. She didn't even want to make a card for him, the way the others in her class were doing. But then something happened to change her mind . . .
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Jamaica and Brianna
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, March 3, 1996)It's wintertime again, and Jamaica has to wear her brother Ossie's hand-me-down boots. She finds herself envious of her friend Brianna's pink boots with the fuzzy cuffs, and Brianna teases her about her ugly, old "boy" boots. But one word brings reconciliation for the two friends.
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Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 24, 2001)Jamaica likes the substitute teacher right away. Mrs. Duval is very nice, and she thinks of interesting things for the class to do. When the kids have to hunt for a hidden object, it's Jamaica who solves the clues. She figures out all the answers to the math puzzles, and Mrs. Duval praises her reading, too. But when it's time for the spelling test, Jamaica realizes that she is not prepared. Wanting so badly to please Mrs. Duval, she makes a poor decision. What will Mrs. Duval think of her now? In this new story about a favorite character, Juanita Havill and Anne Sibley O'Brien depict a small but significant crisis with tact and sensitivity.
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Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, March 26, 1999)Jamaica likes the substitute teacher right away. Mrs. Duval is very nice, and she thinks of interesting things for the class to do. When the kids have to hunt for a hidden object, it's Jamaica who solves the clues. She figures out all the answers to the math puzzles, and Mrs. Duval praises her reading, too. But when it's time for the spelling test, Jamaica realizes that she is not prepared. Wanting so badly to please Mrs. Duval, she makes a poor decision. What will Mrs. Duval think of her now? In this new story about a favorite character, Juanita Havill and Anne Sibley O'Brien depict a small but significant crisis with tact and sensitivity.
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Jamaica and Brianna
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 27, 1993)Tired of wearing her hand-me-down boots from her brother Ossie, Jamaica is hurt when her friend Brianna teases her about them. By the author of Jamaica Tag-Along.
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Jamaica Tag-Along
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, March 27, 1989)Jamaica doesn't want a younger child to play with her, until she remembers how she felt when her older brother excluded her from his games.
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Jamaica's Find
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 24, 1986)Jamaica finds a stuffed dog at the playground and after taking him home without trying to find the owner discovers her conscience as well. Jamaicas honest and appealing character inspired five more books, each about a childhood ethical dilemma.Jamaicas Find celebrates its twentieth anniversary with this new edition featuring an authors note in the paperback edition.
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Jamaica's Blue Marker
Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O'Brien
Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 1, 1995)While her classmates are making cards for Russell, the school bully who is moving away, Jamaica decides that she does not want to give him a card, but something soon happens to change her mind.
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