Kamal Goes to Trinidad (Children Return to their Roots)
This book won the US African Studies Associations' Children's Africana Book Award in 2008 and as soon as you look inside at the montage of photographs you'll see why. One of a series of books describing a visit to their family homeland from the point of view of a westernized child, it provides a great insight into another culture. Chapter headings, a glossary and index contribute to literacy learning and the subject matter could also contribute to lcross-curricular work on geography or RE.  --Literacy time Plus (UK)A must for the school library, essential reading for a geography topic on the West Indies and a visual feast for any child who wants to learn about the culture of another country.  --English 4-11