List as of November 11, 2007
Bob Corbett
1419 Tamm Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 647-6704
The title above says the books for children and youth. Well, at least this is close. Since I have 85 numbered books in the children's section, and quite a few more dispursed through out the general collection that are youth books or even children's books that early on didn't get filed with children's books, I suspect there may be a dozen or two which are not on this list. But, it is a decent approximation.
Anon (1966). THE SAGA OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE AND THE BIRTH OF HAITI. Jamaica, NY, Fitzgerald Pub. Co.
Anon (1981). UNCLE BOUKI AND THE HORSE. London, McMillan Education.
Anon (1991). "NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN IN DROUGHT-AFFECTED AREAS -- HAITI, 1990." JAMA Vol 265(no 20): 2660.
Anthony, S. (1989). HAITI. New York, Chelsea House Publishers.
Barton, P. (1980). THE WOE SHIRT: CARIBBEAN FOLK TALES. Lincoln, MA, Penmaen Press, Ltd.
Bentley, J. D. (1969). TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE OF THE WEST INDIES. London, Hulton Educational Publications, Ltd.
Bontemps, A. a. L. H. (1993). POPO AND FIFINA. New York, Oxford University Press.
Carter, D. S. (1974). GREEDY MARIANI AND OTHER FOLKTALES OF THE ANTILLES. New York, Antheneum.
Cave, H. B. (1960). THE MISSION. Garden City, NY, Doubleday and Co. Inc.
Charles, F. e. (1989). UNDER THE STORYTELLER'S SPELL: FOLK-TALES FROM THE CARIBBEAN. London, Viking Kestrel.
Christesen, B. (1977). THE MAGIC AND MEANING OF VOODOO. Milwaukee, WI, Raintree Children's books.
Condit, E. (1989). FRANCOIS AND JEAN-CLAUDE DUVALIER. New York, Chelsea House Publishers.
Courlander, H. (1942). UNCLE BOUQUI OF HAITI. New York, William Morrow and Co.
Courlander, H. (1964). THE PIECE OF FIRE AND OTHER HAITIAN TALES. New York, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.
Danticat, E. (2002). BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS. New York, Orchard Books.
Dauphin, C. (1981). BRIT KOLOBRIT. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Editions Naaman.
des Pres, F. M. T. (1949). CHILDREN OF YAYOUTE: FOLK TALES OF HAITI. Port-au-Prince, Henri Deschamps.
Detellis, G., Jr. (1996). LIFE OF A CHILD (LAVI TI MOUN). Orlando, Fl., New Missions.
Dobrin, A. (1973). JOSEPHINE'S IMAGINATION. New York, Scholastic, Inc.
Dunn, S. (1990). THE WONDERFUL WAY HOME. Port-au-Princ, Le Natal.
Eitzen, R. (1972). TI JACQUES: A STORY OF HAITI. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, Co.
Eyvindson, P. (1999). SONI'S MENDED WINGS. Clavet, SK, Canada, Broken Wings Mission, Inc.
Franklyn, I. R. (1931). KNIGHTS OF THE COCKPIT: A ROMANTIC EPIC OF THE FLYING MARINES IN HAITI. New York, Dial Press.
Utterly bizzare novel. Not historical fiction, but pure fiction only most loosely set in Haiti. O'Rourke, a John Wayne type marine goes to Haiti during a 1929 uprising (modeled on the Cacos uprising) and nearly single handed, with a dozen airplanes, defeats everyone and even wins the girl.
Gardner, C. (1980). BLACK CAESAR, PIRATE. Atlanta, Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.
Geography, D. (1989). HAITI IN PICTURES. Minneapolis, MN, Lerner Publications Co.
Gilfond, H. (1976). VOODOO: ITS ORIGINS AND PRACTICES. New York, Franklin Watts.
Gilfond presents a fascinating look at Voodoo, an extremely important part of Haitian culture, which is authenticated by black-and-white photos and drawings of Voodoo symbols. Note from Bob Corbett: Actually this book is useful for adults too.
Gingras, J.-P. O. (1967). DUVALIER, CARIBBEAN CYCLONE. New York, Exposition Press.
Goldish, M. (1994). CRISIS IN HAITI. Brookfield, CT, The Millbrook Press.
Gouge, L. L. (1981). ESTHER'S GOD AND THE WITCH DOCTOR. Jefferson City, MO, Linda Lee Gouge.
Gouraud, M. (1875). THE TWO CHILDREN OF ST. DOMINGO. New York, Scribner, Welford and Armstrong.
Graham, R. M. (1970). THE HAPPY SOUND. Chicago, IL, Follett Publishing Co.
Graham, S. (1953). JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DESABLE: FOUNDER OF CHICAGO. New York, Julian Messner, Inc.
Grahamej, G. H. (1935). THE VOODOO STONE. Toronto, The Ryerson Press.
Greenberg, M. H. (1994). AUNT LILLY'S LAUNDROMAT. New York, Dutton Children's Books.
Greenbie, S. THREE ISLAND NATIONS: CUBA, HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. New York, Row, Peterson and Company.
Griffiths, A. (1970). BLACK PATRIOT AND MARTYR: TOUSSAINT OF HAITI. New York, Julian Messner.
Griffiths, J. (1989). TAKE A TRIP TO HAITI. New York, Franklin Watts.
Gustaveson, D. (1995). THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE. Seattle, WA, Ymam Publishing.
Hammer, T. J. (1988). HAITI. New York, Franklin Watts.
This straightforward geography book covers the culture, politics, and history of Haiti; it is illustrated with black and white photos, reproductions, and maps.
Hansberry, L. (1986). TOUSSAINT. New York, New American Library.
Harner, R. (1963). TI-FAM: WITCH DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Child Evangelism Fellowship Press.
Harrison, M. (1947). THEY WOULD BE KING. London, Somers.
Heatter, B. (1972). A KING IN HAITI: THE STORY OF HENRI CHRISTOPHE. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Henius, F. c. a. t. (1944). STORIES FROM THE AMERICAS. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons.
Henty, G. A. (1900). A ROVING COMMISSION OR THROUGH THE INSURRECTION IN HAITI. London, Blackie and Son.
Heurtelou, M. THE LION CUB -- PITIT LYON. Temple Terrace, FL, Educa Vision, Inc.
Heurtelou, M. (1993). ANAYIZ AL NAN FET. Temple Terrace, FL, Educa Vision.
Heurtelou, M. (1993). ISTWA TI ZWAZO BLE A. Temple Terrace, Fl, Educa Vision.
Heurtelou, M. (1996). MAKSO. Temple Terrace, FL, Educa Vision.
Hiebert, C. A. P. S. N. Y. a. S. C. (1999). HAITI: WHERE LIGHT SPEAKS / PAROLES ET LUMIERES. Ontario, Canada, International Child Care.
Hintz, M. (1998). HAITI: ENCHANTMENT OF THE WORLD. New York, Children's Press, A Division of Grolier PublisherS.
Hoar, G. F. e. (1943). BOOK OF PATRIOTISM. Chicago, Auxiliary Educational League.
Hoobler, T. a. D. (1990). TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. New York, Chelsea House Publications.
Hughes, L. (1956). THE FIRST BOOK OF THE WEST INDIES. New York, Franklin Watts, Inc.
Hyppolite, J. (1995). SETH AND SAMONA. New York, Delacorte Press.
Icenhower, J. B. (1958). MR. MURDOCK TAKES COMMAND. Philadelphic, The John C. Winston Co.
Jean-Baptiste, P. CHEN PEDI CHAT GENYEN. Port-au-Prince, Imprime au D.E.L.
Jean-Baptiste, P. (1983). ISTWA YON CHAT BAKA. Port-au-Prince, Imp. La Phalange.
Jess, M. (1996). GHOST TRAIN. New York, Henry Holt and Company.
Johnson, G. (1949). HOW THE DONKEYS CAME TO HAITI AND OTHER TALES. New York, The Devin-Adair Co.
Keens-Douglas, R. (1999). MAMA GOD, PAPA GOD: A CARIBBEAN TALE. New York, Crocodile Books.
Lambert, J. (1961). FOREVER AND FOREVER. New York, Scholastic Book Services.
Lambert, J. (1963). FIVE'S A CROWD. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co.
Lambert, J. (1968). FOR EACH OTHER. New York, Scholastic Book Services.
Lapierre, B. (1995). BOUKI AK MALIS. Temple Terrace, Fl, Educa Vision.
Lauture, D. (1992). FATHER AND SON. New York, Putnam & Grosset Group.
Lauture, D. (1996). RUNNING THE ROAD TO ABC. New York, Simon and Schuster.
Lindquist, W. (1958). THE RED DRUM'S WARNING. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
Litten, F. N. (1936). RHODES OF THE LEATHERNECKS. New York, Dodd and Mead and Company.
Louis, L. N. (1999). WHEN NIGHT FALL, KRIC! KRAC! HAITIAN FOLKTALES. Englewood, California, Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
Louissaint, R. (1993). THE HIJACKED PLANE. Miami, Libreri Mapou.
MacDonald, A. (2002). PLEASE, MALESE!: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM HAITI. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux.
Margaret, S. J. (1956). HAITI: LAND OF MOUNTAINS. Greenwich, Conn., The Seabury Press.
Miller, F. (1968). "TWO HAITIAN FOLK TALES." Unicorn Journal(2): 5-9.
Millikin, V. G. (1966). THE BLACK STONE. Chicago, Reilly & Lee Company.
Montgomery, R. a. E. M. (1977). STORIES FROM 3 ISLANDS: HAITI, JAMAICA, PUERTO RICO. New York, Friendship Press.
Mumma, K. p. (1999). DEGAJE: CHILDREN OF HAITI. Kalamazoo, MI, Howard Printing.
Murry-Aaron, E. (1894). BUTTERFLY HUNTERS IN THE CARIBBEES. New York, Charles Schribner and Sons.
Myers, W. D. (1996). TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE: THE FIGHT FOR HAITI'S FREEDOM. New York, Simon and Schuster.
Ness, E. (1963). JOSEFINA FEBRUARY. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons.
Newcomb, C. (1940). BLACK FIRE: A STORY OF HENRI CHRISTOPHE. New York, Longmans, Green and Co.
Ober, F. A. (1901). THE LAST OF THE ARAWAKS. Boston, W.A. Wilde Company.
Palazzo-Craig, J. (1996). WHY OWL COMES OUT AT NIGHT: A STORY FROM HAITI, Troll Communications, Ltd.
Pease, H. (1950). THE JINX SHIP. Garden City, NJ, Doubleday Co.
Pels, R. a. W. P. (1988). THE CARIBBEAN FOUL BALL CAPER. Chicago, Contemporary Books, Inc.
Plaismond, M. (1994). HAITIAN DAYS: TI DJO REMEMBERS. Littleton, Ma., Sundance Publishers and Distributors.
Pullman, P. (1994). THE BROKEN BRIDGE. New York, Random House Sprinters.
Reasoner, C. (1995). NIGHT OWL AND THE ROOSTER: A HAITIAN LEGEND, Troll Communications, Ltd.
Roberts, O. (1926). THE PERILOUS ISLE. New York, Harper Brothers Publishers.
Robinet, H. G. (1995). IF YOU PLEASE, PRESIDENT LINCOLN. New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Rodman, M. (1952). MARKET DAY FOR TI ANDRE. Eau Claire, WISC, E.M. Hale and Co.
Santrey, L. (1994). TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE: LOVER OF LIBERTY, Troll Associates.
Savain, R. E. (1986). MY FRIEND THE TREE / ZANMI-M PYEBWA / MON AMI L;ARBRE. Port-au-Prince, Impressions Magiques.
Scherman, K. (1954). THE SLAVE WHO FREED HAITI. New York, Random House.
Seaman, A. H. (1945). THE CHARLEMONTE CREST: A MYSTERY OF MODERN HAITI. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc.
A "Nancy Drew" type mystery about two young American girls in Cap Haitien during the American Occupation. They trace the ancestory of one of the girls whose relatives were French planters. A fun book, suspensful and hard to put down. Along the way of the mystery a significant amount of history of The Haitian Revolution is told. A delightful youth book and fun for mystery-loving adults too. (BC, April, 1993)
Sheehan, A. a. E. (1968). PIERRE TOUSSAINT: PIONEER IN BROTHERHOOD. New York, P.J. Kennedy & Sons.
Sherlock, P. M. a. H. S. (1974). EARS AND TAILS AND COMMON SENSE. London, Andre Deutsch Limited.
Sinclair, H. (1978). TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. London, Collins.
Snell, R. J. (1929). THE ROPE OF GOLD. USA, The Reilly & Lee Co.
Sorenson, J. (1985). IN ANOTHER LAND. Cincinnati, OHIO, Standard Publishing.
Stuart, M. MARASSA AND MIDNIGHT. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Surany, A. (1967). MONSIEUR JOLICOEUR'S UMBRELLA. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Syme, R. (1971). TOUSSAINT THE BLACK LIBERATOR. New York, William Morrow and Company.
Tekavec, V. (1995). TEENAGE REFUGEES FROM HAITI SPEAK OUT. New York, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Telemaque, E. W. (1980). HAITI THROUGH ITS HOLIDAYS. New York, Edward W. Blyden Press, Inc.
Thoby-Marcelin, P. a. P. M. (1971). THE SINGING TURTLE AND OTHER TALES FROM HAITI. New York, Farrar, Strau and Giroux, Inc.
Van Laan, N. (1995). MAMA ROCKS, PAPA SINGS. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Wibberley, L. (1971). LEOPARD'S PREY. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Will, E. W. (2001). HAITI. San Diego, Lucent Books.
Williams, K. L. (1994). TAP-TAP. New York, Clarion Books.
Williams, K. L. (1998). PAINTED DREAMS. New York, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books.
Williams, K. L. (2005). CIRCLES OF HOPE. Grand Rapids, MI, Eerdmans Book For Young Readers
Wolkstein, D. (1978). THE MAGIC ORANGE TREE AND OTHER HAITIAN FOLKTALES. New York, Schocken Books.
Wolkstein, D. (1984). THE BANZA: A HAITIAN STORY. New York, Dial Books.
Wolkstein, D. (1997). BOUKI DANCES THE KOKIOKO: A COMICAL TALE FROM HAITI. San Diego, CAlifornia, Harcourt Brace and Co.
Wolkstein, D. (2000). THE LITTLE BANJO. New York, Scholastic Inc.
Yonge, C. M. A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS. New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons.
Youme (2004). SELAVI -- THAT IS LIFE -- A HAITIAN STORY OF HOPE. El Paso, Tx, Cinco Puntos Press.
Young, B. a. J. (1970). LIBERATORS OF LATIN AMERICA. New York, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co.