Title: Malaika's costume
Description: Participating in a first Carnival since her mother left to find a better job, Malaika fears she will not be able to dance in the parade without a costume and comes up with an idea to use scrap fabric to create a patchwork rainbow peacock outfit.
Subjects: Grandparent and child, Mother and child, Costume, Carnival, Fiction, Children's fiction, Caribbean area, fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Holidays, fiction
Places: Caribbean Area