MISS BETTINA'S HOUSE
                                      by Hazel D. Campbell
                 illustrated chapter book fantasy for 8-10 year old children
                                      
     Another entertaining children's  story from Jamaica ( 8-10 years)
What do a dog, an aristocratic cat, a parrot, a donkey, a cow and her calf, and a goat have in common? They have been left on their own by Miss Bettina and must find someone to take care of them. But, can animals adopt humans? That's the question to be asked and answered in Miss Bettina's House
  Fantasy for ages 8 -10
   Chapter book b/w illustrations  54pp
   Published by Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd
   Kingston, Jamaica
   Illustrated by Donavan Grant
   ISBN  976 638 096 4
other Caribbean children's books
                                DID YOU KNOW?

  Here are a few interesting facts arising from the story Miss Bettina's House
  In Jamaica:
  An albino person is called a dundus
  An owl is called a patoo
  A somersault is called a puppalick
  A ghost is called a duppy

  Some fearsome creatures from our folklore, include rolling calf which has
  fiery eyes and roams the countryside at nights with a long chain clanking
  behind it.

  Also t'ree foot horse which has one foreleg and two back legs-hence its name.
  It gallops very fast and likes to haunt on moonlit nights
Note to teachers -  grades 3-5, Miss Bettina's House can be used to start
  discussions on the plight of homeless children and prejudice against
  people who seem to be  different.
Tel:   876 925 4883
- the writer
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