title: Island in the Sun (Picture Books)
author:  Harry Belafonte 
description: Turning the pages of this sunny picture book, adapted from one of Belafonte's hit songs, readers can almost feel a gentle ocean breeze and hear a calypso beat. Belafonte and Burgess pay tribute to the natural beauty of Jamaica and its hardworking people, describing scenes Belafonte fondly recalls from the five years he spent as a child on that island. "This is my island in the sun/ Where my people have toiled since time begun./ Tho I may sail on many a sea,/ Her shores will always be home to me." In some of her strongest work, Ayliffe's (Something Special) bright, distinctive cut-paper collages feature lush green palm trees, radiantly blooming flowers and a gorgeous cerulean sky. Men in straw hats gather coconuts and haul them to a busy market that crackles in confetti colors. A woman labors to cut long brown stalks of sugar cane for her family and a fisherman casts his net into the frothy waves. But there is time for fun, too: farmworkers take a break for the island equivalent of backgammon; young men jam on big drums; everyone dances the night away during carnival. This vibrant outing is the armchair equivalent of a Caribbean vacation. Ages 3-7. <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # Sunshine Over Bluebell Cliff
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Della Galton
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Boldwood Books](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Boldwood Books](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html#4OIQ0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.html#5N3C0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.html#6LJU0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.html#7K4G0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.html#8IL20-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0010.html#9H5K0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0011.html#AFM60-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0012.html#BE6O0-eba72c8776114eabb621d32c6ab7e0d0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 11](part001