Haiti: CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOOKS FOR SALE

List as of April 14, 2008

Bob Corbett 1419 Tamm Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 647-6704

The list adds and subtracts items constantly, so please write to reserve books or to check is they are still available. The most current list is the one on my web site.

If you have questions, don't hesitate to contact me

Please note that there are few children's book in the Haitian Creole list.

BOOKS READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

Shipping is $3.00 for the first book and $.50 for each additional book, book rate. There will also be a 75 cent charge for each mailing for delivery confirmation. Insurance or priority shipping are extra, please ask. Delivery outside the U.S. will be arranged. A number of the art cooks are quite heavy and can't be shipped for the $3.00 normal fee. If books are heavy I will have to charge extra shipping.

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• # C84   Anon    HAITI     An article in the School Bulletin of the National Geographic Society. Jan. 7, 1963. Great photos in the story on Haiti.
  • $3.00
  
  
  
• # C73   Bentley, J. D. (1969).    TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE OF THE WEST INDIES   . London, Hulton Educational Publications, Ltd. Nice conditioned cardboard paper cover. Biographical juvenile book. Even has a few thought questions at the end of this short book. Very nice condition.
  • $12.00
  
  
  
• # 544Z   Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes. POPO AND FIFINA This is a modern paper back edition of Bontemps and Hughes' great 1932 children's novel of Haiti. Click on the title for my own comments on the book.
  • Nice condition paper. $15.00.
  
  
  
• # 378Z   Cave, Hugh. THE MISSION. Hard bound in dust jacket. Very touching and beautiful story of a little girl seeking her artist father in Port-au-Prince. Inspired by a real story told to Hugh Cave by Sister Joan Margaret of Ecole St. Vincent in the 1950s. First published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1959.
  • Hard bound with jacket, very nice condition: $45.00
  • Hard bound with jacket, but a tear of about 1/2 dollar size on the dust jacket: $37.00
  • Original publication of the story in The Saturday Evening Post, 1959. Have the whole magazine with famous picture of the girl. Post received enoumous amount of mail about that illustration -- from a letter from Hugh Cave. $48.00
  • Reader's Digest copy of the story in the full bound volume of Reader's Digest. $25.00

• # C14   Charles, F. e. (1989).    UNDER THE STORYTELLER'S SPELL: FOLK-TALES FROM THE CARIBBEAN   . London, Viking Kestrel Very nice book of stories from all over the Caribbean including Haiti. Hardbound in original dust jacket like new. 186 pages and lots of stories.
  • $11.00
  
  
  
• # C12   Courlander, Harold. THE PIECE OF FIRE AND OTHER HAITIAN TALES. Put bluntly: the best collection of Haitian folk tales ever assembled in English. Courlander was a wonderful anthropologist and collector of Haitian materials.
  • Fine copy in original dustjacket. $22.00
  • Nice copy in original dustjacket. $21.00
  • Ex-library copy, but worn and without dust jacket, text is just fine. $19.00.

• # 1673Z    Danticat, E. (2002).    BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS   . New York, Orchard Books
  • $10.00
  
  
  
• # C50    Detellis, G., Jr. (1996).    LIFE OF A CHILD (LAVI TI MOUN)   . Orlando, Fl., New Missions. A book about the work of Lave It Moun in photos and words. Touching.
  • $6.50
  
  
  
• # C71    Gardner, Cliff (1980).    BLACK CAESAR, PIRATE   . Atlanta, Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. Pirate adventure story of a slave, born in Haiti (sic) in 1769 and leads a band of pirates in the Caribbean. Adventure story for young boys. Hard bound copy in original dust jacket and in fine condition.
  • $12.00
  
  
  
• # C29    Goldish, M. (1994).    CRISIS IN HAITI   . Brookfield, CT, The Millbrook Press. An overview of Haiti history and politics for youth. It covers the Haitian Revolution and the major dictatorships leading up to the overthrow of Aristide. Great book for youth. Hardbound copy like new.
  • $15.00
  
  
  
• # C57    Gouge, Linda Lee (1981).    ESTHER'S GOD AND THE WITCH DOCTOR   . Jefferson City, MO, Linda Lee Gouge. Long book for a children's story. It is set in Haiti during Revolution for independence, and the place of Voodoo in Haiti.
  • $25.00
  
  
  
• # C36    Graham, Ruth Morris (1970).    THE HAPPY SOUND   . Chicago, IL, Follett Publishing Co. Large format book for small children. Story of a Haitian farm family's sick donkey.
  • $9.00
  
  
  
• # 1431Z    Graham, S. (1953).    JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DESABLE: FOUNDER OF CHICAGO   . New York, Julian Messner, Inc.
  • $15.00
  
  
  
• # C35    Greenberg, M. H. (1994).    AUNT LILLY'S LAUNDROMAT   . New York, Dutton Children's Books. Delightfully colorful book about 11 x 8. Cute story for little kids about Aunt Lilly and the family. Colorful illustrations.
  • $8.00
  
  
  
• # C40    Greenbie, S.    THREE ISLAND NATIONS: CUBA, HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   . New York, Row, Peterson and Company. 1942 book in paper and nice condition. Covers many aspects of Haitian life and has lots of illustrations.
  • $10.00
  
  
  
• # 519Z    Griffiths, Ann (1970).    BLACK PATRIOT AND MARTYR: TOUSSAINT OF HAITI   . New York, Julian Messner. Nice condition ex-library harbound novel in original dust jacket. A youth biography of Toussaint. 192 pages with index.
  • $18.00
  
  
  
• # C74    Griffiths, J. (1989).    TAKE A TRIP TO HAITI   . New York, Franklin Watts. Hard cover, colorful and book like new. Overview of the country for young people.
  • $6.00
  
  
  
• # 1787Z    Gustaveson, D. (1995).    THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE   . Seattle, WA, Ymam Publishing
  • $6.00
  
  
  
• # C3    Hammer, T. J. (1988).    HAITI   . New York, Franklin Watts. Nice condition hardbound youth book. This straightforward geography book covers the culture, politics, and history of Haiti; it is illustrated with black and white photos, reproductions, and maps.
  • $16.00
  
  
  
• # LG48    Harner, R. (1963).    TI-FAM: WITCH DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER   . Grand Rapids, Michigan, Child Evangelism Fellowship Press. This is an especially large book. It is about 10 x 13 inches and contains 5 missionary stories meant to be shown with flash cards, but the cards are not with the book now, but the full stories are there. It is worn, so was much used at one time. Quite an unusual item.
  • $6.00
  
  
  
• # 1792Z    Henius, F. c. a. t. (1944).    STORIES FROM THE AMERICAS   . New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. Worn but good condition ex-library hardbound. Stories from many countries of the Americas including Haiti. Scarce item.
  • $17.00
  
  
  
• # C39    Heurtelou, M.    THE LION CUB -- PITIT LYON    Temple Terrace, FL, Educa Vision, Inc. Paper bound book for small children. Colorful illstrations. Like new.
  • $6.00
  
  
  
• # C48    Hintz, M. (1998).    HAITI: ENCHANTMENT OF THE WORLD   . New York, Children's Press, A Division of Grolier Publishers. Youth book overview of Haiti which includes such catchy chapter titles as Haiti's Rock and Role Economy, Discovery, Dictators and Democracy, and one on the spirit life of Haiti as well. Much more. Book is hard bound and like new.
  • $16.00
  
  
  
• # C34    Hoar, G. F. e. (1943).    BOOK OF PATRIOTISM   . Chicago, Auxiliary Educational League. Thick hard bound youth book. Short biographies of people who became national heroes in various lands. One section is on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution. Nice condition book.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # 544Z   Hughes, Langston and Bontemps, Arna POPO AND FIFINA This is a modern paper back edition of Bontemps and Hughes' great 1932 children's novel of Haiti. Click on the title for my own comments on the book.
  • Nice condition paper. $15.00.
  
  
  
• # C32     Hyppolite, J. (1995).    SETH AND SAMONA   . New York, Delacorte Press. Cute youth novel about two fifth graders. A boy who tries to avoid contact with this classmate girl, but can't help liking her and wanting to be her friend. Hard bound book in original dust jacket, book like new. Very nice youth novel. 121 pages.
  • $14.00
  
  
  
• # C33    Icenhower, J. B. (1958).    MR. MURDOCK TAKES COMMAND   . Philadelphic, The John C. Winston Co. A story of pirtes and rebellion in Haiti. Youth novel. 173 pages. Hard bound book in original dust jacket. Nice condition book.
  • $13.00
  
  
  
• # C44    Jess, M. (1996).    GHOST TRAIN   . New York, Henry Holt and Company.
  • $$7.50
  
  
  
• # C83    Keens-Douglas, R. (1999).    MAMA GOD, PAPA GOD: A CARIBBEAN TALE   . New York, Crocodile Books. Large format book, about 9 x 10. Very colorful, heavily illustrated. Book is hard bound in original dust jacket and like new.
  • $10.00
  
  
  
• # 170Z    Lambert, J. (1961).    FOREVER AND FOREVER   . New York, Scholastic Book Services
  • $9.00
  
  
  
• # C61    Lambert, J. (1963).    FIVE'S A CROWD   . New York, E.P. Dutton and Co. Another of Lambert's series on a young teen girl in Haiti. This one is a lovely hard bound in the original dust jacket. The dust jacket has some tearing at the bottom and top of the spine area and nicks on the edges. Otherwise a very nice copy. This is a scarce version in this series.
  • $20.00
  
  
  
• # C45    Lambert, J. (1968).    FOR EACH OTHER   . New York, Scholastic Book Services. Popular novel for young women. Paper bound book about young Josie Campbell who set out ot show her friend Scott that Haiti is beautiful and life is exciting.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # C25    Lauture, Denize. (1992).    FATHER AND SON   . New York, Putnam & Grosset Group. Paper bound book about 9 x 7. Illustrations are very reminiscent of much Haitian painting. Nice touch in the featuring of the father / son theme. Like new.
  • $8.00
  
  
  
  
  
• # R114   Litten, Frederic Nelson    RHODES OF THE LEATHERNECKS     New York: Dodd and Mead and Company, 1936. Youth novel set in the U.S. Occupation in Haiti. Book is hard bound in very nice condition, solid in all ways.
  • $25.00

• # 147Z    Louis, L. N. (1999).    WHEN NIGHT FALL, KRIC! KRAC! HAITIAN FOLKTALES   . Englewood, California, Libraries Unlimited, Inc. Large hardbound book with many stories, some photos. 185 pages with index.
  • $35.00
  
  
  
• # C24    Louissaint, R. (1993).    THE HIJACKED PLANE   . Miami, Libreri Mapou. The book says the author is 9 years old, but it doesn't quite read like I expect any 9 year old to sound. Small paper bound mystery for small kids. Cute little book.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # C80    MacDonald, A. (2002).    PLEASE, MALESE!: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM HAITI   . New York, Farrar Straus Giroux. Large and very colorful hard bound book for young children. In original dust jacket. Great illustrations. Book like new.
  • $15.00
  
  
  
• # C69    Maclean, Frances, editor (1956).    TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE AND HAITI    Special issue entitled of FOOTSTEPS: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. Features Toussaint Louverture and Haiti. Most of the articles are by Frances Maclean and Michael Heinl.
  • $15.00
  
  
  
• #C55     Millikin, V. G. (1966).    THE BLACK STONE   . Chicago, Reilly & Lee Company. A lovely story in a youth novel about a boy who leaves a remote cay in northern Haiti to move in with an American family in Port-au-Price. The boys play and move about the city, to the Iron Market and many other places and become great friends. A happy novels about friends ships across color and nationalities set in Port-au-Prince. Hard bound book in the original dust jacket in very nice condition. Ex-library.
  • $11.00
  
  
  
• # C44    Mowry, Jess (1977).    GHOST TRAIN   . New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1996. 13 year-old Remi has just arrived in L.A. from Haiti. He struggles to get into everyday life in his new country. Youth novel. First edition. Hard bound book in original dust jacket. Like new.
  • $7.50
  
  
  
• # R113   Murry-Aaron, Eugene    BUTTERFLY HUNTERS IN THE CARIBBEES     New York: Charles Schribner and Sons, 1894. This is a youth novel. The story involves a search for rare butterflies conducted by two American boys and a naturalist in the Bahamas, Haiti, and Jamaica. Wonderful descriptions of wildlife, native customs, and plants are found throughout the book. The book is in good condition, solid throughout.
  • $48.00

• # C16    Ness, E. (1963).    JOSEFINA FEBRUARY   . New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. Large book for small kids. Lots of drawings and nice story. Hardbound in original dust jacket.
  • $9.00
  
  
  
• # 499Z    Newcomb, C. (1940).    BLACK FIRE: A STORY OF HENRI CHRISTOPHE   . New York, Longmans, Green and Co A very lovely copy of this youth history of Christophe. Ex-library in original dust jacket and quite nice. 275 pages and bibliography.
  • $25.00
  
  
  
• # C67    Pease, H. (1950).    THE JINX SHIP   . Garden City, NJ, Doubleday Co. Youth novel aimed at boys. The ship leaves Europe and has adventures in the Caribbean including Haiti. Hard bound copy in good condition. Ex-library.
  • $18.00
  
  
  
• # C8    Pels, R. a. W. P. (1988).    THE CARIBBEAN FOUL BALL CAPER   . Chicago, Contemporary Books, Inc. Large hardbound, about 12 x 0. Very colorful young person's book with fantasy characters, situated in part at the Citadel!!! Fun mysetry.
  • $9.00
  
  
  
• # C64    Plaismond, M. (1994).    HAITIAN DAYS: TI DJO REMEMBERS   . Littleton, Ma., Sundance Publishers and Distributors. Pretty book with Haitian painting on cover. Book is illustrated with various Haitian artists. For small children. Book is in very nice condition, paper bound. Colorful.
  • $10.00
  
  
  
• # 179Z    Pullman, P. (1994).    THE BROKEN BRIDGE   . New York, Random House Sprinters
  • $5.00
  
  
  
• # C70    Roberts, Octavia (1926).    THE PERILOUS ISLE: A STORY OF THE SAN DOMINGO UPRISING BASED ON AN OLD FAMILY JOURNAL    . New York, Harper Brothers Publishers. 281 page novel for young boys about teens. Adventure story. Hard bound copy, marked first edition, in original dust jacket. A very lovely copy, quite scarce book.
  • $28.00
  
  
  
• # C46     Robinet, H. G. (1995).    IF YOU PLEASE, PRESIDENT LINCOLN   . New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Young boy from Ile a Vache in Haiti comes to the U.S. and struggles to find out how to deal with his new land. Youth novel. Hard bound in original dust jacket. First edition and like new.
  • $20.00
  
  
  
• # R115   Rodman, Maia. MARKET DAY FOR TI ANDRE. A children's book telling the story of a boy who gets lost while following a rara band. However, what makes this book a very high demand book is that the illustrations were done by Wilson Bigaud in 1952 at the height of his productivity.
  • A lovely copy inside. Very colorful cover of Bigaud's work $75.00.

• # C38    Santrey, L. (1994).    TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE: LOVER OF LIBERTY   , Troll Associates
  • $8.00
  
  
  
• # C63    Savain, R. E. (1986).    MY FRIEND THE TREE / ZANMI-M PYEBWA / MON AMI L;ARBRE   . Port-au-Prince, Impressions Magiques. Youth story is three languages about the value of planting trees and the relationship we humans have to those trees. Paper bound and like new.
  • $12.00
  
  
  
• # C15    Scherman, K. (1954).    THE SLAVE WHO FREED HAITI   . New York, Random House A youth biography of Toussaint Louverture. Excellent history. Very nice copy in origianl dust jacket.
  • $9.00
  
  
  
• # C17    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). This is a hardbound in original dust jacket. Nice copy.
  • $17.00
  
  
  
• # C82    Sheehan, A. a. E. (1968).    PIERRE TOUSSAINT: PIONEER IN BROTHERHOOD   . New York, P.J. Kennedy & Sons. Pierre Toussaint, a former Haitian slave who went to New York with his "owner," has been elevated to the status of "blessed" by the Roman Catholic Church. This is the intermediate level on the way toward sainthood. Pierre Toussaint is the first Haitian to every achieve this status. Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan had already written a biography of Pierre Toussaint, the then produced this juvenile version for the teens or pre-teens. Hard bound book in its original dust jacket in very nice condition. Ex-library book.
  • $15.00
  
  
  
• # 890Z    Sherlock, Philip et al.   EARS AND TAILS AND COMMON SENSE   . London, Andre Deutsch Limited, 1974. Lovely 122 page hardbound in original colorful animal-filled dust jacket. Caribbean stories with great drawings.
  • $22.00
  
  
  
• # 547Z    Sherlock, Philip, retold   WEST INDIAN FOLK-TALES   OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1979. (Oxford Myths and Legends). A collection of West Indian folktales, including: The Coomacka Tree; The Crested Curassow; Irreweka, Mischief-Maker; The Jaguar and the Crested Curassow; The Dog's Nose is Cold; The Warau People Discover the Earth; Tiger Story, Anansi Story; Tiger in the Forest, Anansi in the Web; Mancrow, Bird of Darkness; Anansi and Snake the Postman; Dry-Bone and Anansi; How Crab Got a Hard Back; Cat and Dog; Anansi and Candlefly; Anansi's Old Riding-Horse; Why Women Won't Listen; Anansi Hunts with Tiger; Work-Let-Me-See; The Sea-Mammy; Born a Monkey, Live a Monkey; Mr. Wheeler. Hard bound book in dust jacket with colorful picture. Like new.
  • $15.00
  
  
  
• # C79    Snell, R. J. (1929).    THE ROPE OF GOLD   . USA, The Reilly & Lee Co. Hard bound youth novel set in significant measure in the Citadel of Haiti. Worn but solid copy. First edition of this work.
  • $6.00
  
  
  
• # C59    Sorenson, J. (1985).    IN ANOTHER LAND   . Cincinnati, OHIO, Standard Publishing. Young girl goes to Haiti on a visit with her family changes her life. Youth novel. Paper bound in very nice condition.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # C47     Syme, R. (1971).    TOUSSAINT THE BLACK LIBERATOR   . New York, William Morrow and Company. Hard bound biography of Toussaint. Book is in good condition and in the original dust jacket. Ex-library.
  • $14.00
  
  
  
• #    Tekavec, V. (1995).    TEENAGE REFUGEES FROM HAITI SPEAK OUT   . New York, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
  • $14.00
  
  
  
• # 1342Z    Thoby-Marcelin, P. a. P. M. (1971).    THE SINGING TURTLE AND OTHER TALES FROM HAITI   . New York, Farrar, Strau and Giroux, Inc. Another of the very best collections of Haitian folk tales.
  • $45.00
  
  
  
• # C20     Van Laan, N. (1995).    MAMA ROCKS, PAPA SINGS   . New York, Alfred A. Knopf. Large book, hard bound in original dust jacket, like new. Story for young children about the life of a family in Haiti.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # C72    Wibberley, L. (1971).    LEOPARD'S PREY   . New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Junior Literary Guild Book Club; 184 pp., 1971. . Juvenile hardback. "Martin Treegate, the orphaned son of Peter Treegate's brother, is pressed into service as a powderboy on a British ship and later into service on a Haitian pirate ship before he finally returns to relatives in Salem, Massachusetts." Hard bound book in original dust jacket. Ex-library. Very nice condition.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # C22    Williams, K. L. (1994).    TAP-TAP   . New York, Clarion Books. Like new paper bound book for small children. 34 page story with colorful illustrations. The topic is obvious from the title!
  • $6.00
  
  
  
• # C49    Williams, K. L. (1998).    PAINTED DREAMS   . New York, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books Great colorful book for young children with illustrtions being of those "painted dreams." Hard bound and like new.
  • $7.00
  
  
  
• # C85    Williams, K. L. (2005).    CIRCLES OF HOPE   . Grand Rapids, MI, Eerdmans Book For Young Readers. Large sized children's book for small children. A little boy wants to plant a tree for his new born sister, but there are always demands on the mango seeds. How will he get to do this loving deed? Hard bound in original dust jacket. Filled with lovely illustrations. Like new.
  • $13.00
  
  
  
• # 413Z    Wolkstein, D. (1978).    THE MAGIC ORANGE TREE AND OTHER HAITIAN FOLKTALES   . New York, Schocken Books. Like new paper bound book of stories with introduction by Edwidge Danticat. Over 200 pages and includes the music for some Haitian songs as well.
  • 8.50
  
  
  
• # C60    Yonge, C. M.    A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS   . New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons. Undated, but must be about the turn of the last century. Beautiful hard bound book of 480 pages. Many stories of people who have made their place in history by doing good deeds. The book is aimed at young boys of about teen / pre-teen years. One chapter of this book is on the good slaves of Haiti. A very lovely copy of this book.
  • $9.00
  
  
  
• # C84    Youme (2004).    SELAVI -- THAT IS LIFE -- A HAITIAN STORY OF HOPE   . El Paso, Tx, Cinco Puntos Press. Large format children's book for small children. Colorful and filled with illustrations. About the hard lives of many childen. Introductory essay by Edwidge Danticat. Hard bound book in original dust jacket, like new.
  • $12.00
  
  
  
• # C54    Young, B. a. J. (1970).    LIBERATORS OF LATIN AMERICA   . New York, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co. Stories of various famous liberators and includes a sympathetic chapter on Toussaint Louverture. Youth book.
  • $7.00