Caribbean-American Kids and Bullying

I am working on the e-book version of my first published children's book, Grandpa Sydney's Anancy Stories, which is now out of print. The story uses the story, "Anancy, Snake, and Tiger," to teach a valuable lesson about bullying.

Here's a synopsis:

Jimmy Harrison loves school and his favorite subject is snack time! But when a new boy, Kevin, joins his class, he begins to bully Jimmy and the rest of the children. What's worse, he begins to take away Jimmy's snacks. Using the wisdom from his Grandpa Sydney's story about "Anancy, Snake, and Tiger," Jimmy overcomes the class bully. And for one Sunday, he reunites his family for dinner.

Set in the multicultural environment of South Florida, Grandpa Sydney's Anancy Stories draws on the rich oral tradition of Anancy stories that are told and re-told in Jamaica and the Caribbean. These Anancy stories, which originated in West Africa, are rich sources of wisdom that have been passed down from generation to generation.

I wrote Grandpa Sydney's Anancy Stories because many Caribbean-American children don't know about Anancy stories, which contain many valuable lessons about conflict resolution and demonstrate that problems can be resolved by using our wits instead of our fists. Second, sometimes our children are the targets of bullies because they are perceived as "different." Many of our children in order to "fit in" and to escape the taunts of bullies, suppress aspects of their personality that make them special. This often means shedding their Caribbean identity as well. Third, I love to tell stories in which the conflict is resolved without resorting to violence.

I hope to release the book by the end of June, Caribbean-American Heritage Month. In the meantime, why not check out Marcus and the Amazons, which has a similar theme of non-violence. It also  combines the life of two heroes, one from the Caribbean and the other from North America: Marcus Garvey and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 


If that ain't Caribbean-American, then I don't know what is.

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