Children's Books About Caribbean Islands
Explore 27 handpicked children's books set in and about Caribbean Islands, chosen to help kids grow up curious about the wider world.
Books in this collection
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba
The Field
A Caribbean Journey from A to Y (Read and Discover What Happened to the Z)
All The Way To Havana
Caribbean Dream Picture Puffins
Cendrillon A Caribbean Cinderella
Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music
Drummer Boy of John John
Enchanted Air Two Cultures Two Wings A Memoir
Forest World
Free Baseball
Hip Hop Haitian Creoleenglish Haitian Edition
Island Counting 1 2 3
Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words
Lola: Edición en español de ISLANDBORN (Spanish Edition)
Mamas Nightingale A Story Of Immigration And Separation
Mango Abuela And Me
Martina The Beautiful Cockroach
My Face Book (Haitian Creole/English) (Haitian Edition)
Rata Pata Scata Fata A Caribbean Story
Songs In The Shade Of The Flamboyant Tree French Creole Lullabies And Nursery Rhymes
The Color Of My Words
The Lightning Dreamer Cubas Greatest Abolitionist
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (Pura Belpre Medal Book Author (Awards))
The Surrender Tree Poems Of Cubas Struggle For Freedom
Usain Bolt Amazing Athletes
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Common questions
What ages are these books for?
Of the 27 books here, 3 are for ages 0-2, 5 for ages 3-5, 10 for ages 5-9, 3 for ages 8-12 and 6 for ages 11-14.
Where should we start?
Three good first picks are Islandborn by Junot Diaz, The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle and The Field by Baptiste Paul. All 27 books on this page are handpicked, so any of them is a fine place to begin.
Which countries are covered?
Alongside this broader collection there are separate pages for Cuba (10 books) and Haiti (1 book). Every book on those pages is also on this one.
Are there bilingual, award-winning or folk-tale picks here?
Yes. This collection includes 3 bilingual editions, 6 books tagged award-winning by their publishers and 2 folk tales, fairy tales or myths.
Is every book here available?
Every book links to Amazon. 2 of the 27 are currently listed only on Amazon; the rest also link to Bookshop.org.