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Fruits
A Caribbean Counting Poem
1997
First Published
3.67
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages
A young Jamaican girl and her sister count exotic fruits, including one guinep, two guava, three sweet-sop, four red apple, five june-plum, and more, and in the end, the older sister playfully collapses, full of fruit.
Avg Rating
3.67
Number of Ratings
46
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
28%
3 STARS
26%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
7%
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Author

Valerie Bloom
Valerie Bloom
Author · 4 books

Valerie Bloom MBE (born 1956) is a Jamaican-born poet and a novelist based in the UK. Born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Bloom moved to England in 1979. She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury and earned an honours degree, and was later awarded an honorary Masters degree. She has been living in Kent ever since. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours. (from Wikipedia)

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