Your Passport to Jamaica

Description: What is it like to live in or visit Jamaica? What makes Jamaica's culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions, and daily lives of Jamaicans.

Brief description: Golriz Golkar is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books for children. Inspired by her work as an elementary school teacher, she loves to write the kinds of books that students are excited to read. Golriz holds a B.A. in American literature and culture from UCLA and an Ed.M. in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She loves to travel and study languages. Golriz lives in France with her husband and young daughter, Ariane. She thinks children are the very best teachers, and she loves learning from her daughter every day.

Review Quotes: The history and culture of our country, from their geologic formations to the contemporary politics, are profiled in this series. Information about holidays and food are taken off the page with the inclusion of recipes readers can try at home. Travel-focused information, such as natural wonders to see, is combined with depictions of daily life in the countries today. The diversity of art, from photographs to illuminated manuscripts to scientific diagrams, will keep readers guessing about what the next page will bring in these interdisciplinary volumes. VERDICT Public libraries will find the fact pages and historical information one expects from geography titles with just a lagniappe of something special in each one to connect to the reader.--Liz Bosarge, Enoch Pratt Free Library, MD "School Library Journal"