Catherine Stock
1) Galimoto
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Walking through his village, a young African boy finds the materials to make a special toy.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Because her Haitian family is too poor to be able to buy paints for her, eight-year-old Ti Marie finds her own way to create pictures that make the heart sing.
3) Tap-tap
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
34 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After selling oranges in the market, a Haitian mother and daughter have enough money to ride the tap-tap, a truck that picks up passengers and lets them off when they bang on the side of the vehicle.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.