Milstein,Linda Breiner (Author) and Taylor,Cheryl Munro (Illustrator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
New York: Tambourine Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
32 p., A counting and story book set in the Caribbean. Fishermen, market ladies, and babies alike all love coconut. Count down from ten to one with the Coconut Mon as he winds his way around the island.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
233 p, Contents: Introduction. "Out of Many, One": A Case of Multiple Childhoods -- I. "The Ending Up Is the Starting Out": The Bildungsroman Re/formed -- II. "Behold the Great Image of Authority": African West Indian Male Initiation -- III. "His Great Struggle Beginning": African American Male Initiation -- IV. Womanish Girls: African American Female Initiation -- V. Journeys to Selfhood: African West Indian Female Initiation -- Conclusion. Ten Is the Age of Darkness -- Chronology of the African American Bildungsroman -- Chronology of the African West Indian Bildungsroman
