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Monica Gunning
Monica Gunning (born 1930) is a Jamaican American children's book author and poet. Her work deals with both the Caribbean of her childhood and the immigrant experience. Biography Gunning was born in Jamaica in 1930. She moved to New York City at age 18. There, she studied at the City College of New York. Her first book of poetry for children, ''Not a Copper Penny in Me House: Poems from the Caribbean'', was published in 1993, with illustrations by Frané Lessac. The anthology of 15 poems about Jamaican culture received a commendation from the Américas Awards for children's and young adult literature. Subsequent works included ''Under the Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems'' (1998) and ''America, My New Home'' (2004). Gunning brings her own experience as both a child in Jamaica and a young immigrant to the United States to her work. Her 2004 book about a girl and her mother dealing with homelessness, ''A Shelter in Our Car'', was developed in collaboration with the Homeless Childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reader, ranging from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction for those nearing maturity. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, which have only been identified as children's literature since the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, which adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Jamaican Women Writers
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