Jamaica's Find

by Juanita Havill

Book Overview

In this richly illustrated picture book, when first grader Jamaica finds a stuffed animal in the park, she comes up against a moral dilemma and the concepts of right and wrong.

Jamaica really likes the toy dog and wants to keep it But with the help of her family, Jamaica decides that it could belong to a kid, just like her. What will Jamaica decide to do? With simple yet vivid text and gentle illustrations, this hopeful and relatable story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395453577
• ISBN13: 9780395453575
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.6" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

good product

This is a good product. I bought it for a listening station in my classroom. The theme goes with another story with my reading program.

Jamaica's Find

A story that makes you feel the struggle of a little girl when she finds a stuffed toy and doesn't want to take it to the lost and found. Jamaica finds a hat and a stuffed dog at the playground. She returns the hat to the lost and found easily, but retains the dog bkz she likes it. After she gets home she starts feeling the tugs of guilt that maybe the dog belonged to another child who is missing it. The point of realization is quite poignant - she doesn't feel well or want to do anything bkz she is really thinking over what she should do with her conscience. It is a good lesson that returning items that don't belong is a good idea bkz in the end she meets the child who lost the dog and is able to reunite her with her beloved toy. While the art work is a bit fuzzy it is a wonderful, multi-cultural story with a great morale for children who are often wondering what to do with special things they find on the playground: to return or not return - that is the question.