Title: Soon come home to this island : West Indians in British children's literature /
Authors: Sands-O'Connor, Karen.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Children's literature, English History and criticism.; Children Books and reading Great Britain History; West Indians in literature.; Characters and characteristics in literature Juvenile literature.; Characters in literature; Imperialism in literature.; Caribbean Area In literature.; West Indies In literature.
Contents: Preface: soon come home -- This island for England: early depictions of the West Indies -- The Black man's lament: enlisting child readers in the fight over slavery -- A small corner of the Empire: the West Indies in literature of the Victorian era -- School on an island: geographies, school stories, and comics in the first half of the twentieth century -- The winds of change: the West Indian comes to Britain -- Happy families?: British picture books after 1970 -- This island for me: Black British writers -- Conclusion: the avenging Caribbean.