Jamaica's Find - Hardcover

Havill, Juanita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395393760 ISBN 13: 9780395393765

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986

Synopsis

Jamaica finds a stuffed dog at the playground and after taking him home without trying to find the owner discovers her conscience as well. Jamaica’s honest and appealing character inspired five more books, each about a childhood ethical dilemma.

Jamaica’s Find celebrates its twentieth anniversary with this new edition featuring an author’s note in the paperback edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Juanita Havill is the author of many picture books including six other stories about Jamaica. She and her husband have two grown children and currently reside in Arizona.

From Publishers Weekly:

When Jamaica finds an old stuffed animal in the park, she wants to keep it, but with her mother's gentle prompting, she decides to turn it in to the lost-and-found. Soon after, she meets Kristin, who lost the dog, and takes pride in reuniting the girl with her treasured toy. Children Jamaica's age, struggling with the concepts of right and wrong, will undoubtedly find Jamaica's moral dilemma of great interest. O'Brien's watercolors are warm and appealing. Although no attention is called to the fact that Jamaica is black, the book's depiction of a happy black family will provide a valuable role model for children of all races.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0395393760
• ISBN 13: 9780395393765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: O'Brien Anne Sibley