Literature

This collection of short stories was written by seven different authors over a forty year period. The stories are as varied as Belizeans themselves, from sweet remembrances of the past to political cynicism and slices of life from World War II to the 1970s.

Seven short stories vividly depicting different facets of Belize’s reality. From the country’s rural areas to New York City, we accompany Belizean women and men as they go through the joys and hardships of life. Zoila Ellis demonstrates a refined ability to perceive and reproduce situations and characters, heightening the emotional impact of everyday events and rendering them into fine literature. This book is also available in Spanish.

This collection of short stories offers first hand insights into the reality of Belizean society, its richness and humour. Each tale is unique in flavour and imbued with Young’s wit and satire entwining lifestyles with socio-cultural aspects of the period.

This two-volume anthology for first and second form students includes prose, poetry, and drama, and it introduces the major genres of literature. Teachers and students can use the creative and challenging supplemental materials to analyze these Belizean works of literature and to relate to them to their own life experiences. Taking its title from Rudolph Smith’s poem “Words,” this book focuses on developing students’ ability to “tease apart” words—English and Kriol—and appreciation their use in the craft of writing

This is volume two of a two-volume anthology for High School students. This series is unique because all the material is by Belizean writers. The books focus on developing students’ appreciation for the craft of writing and it provides a novel approach to teaching literature since the content and exercises relate to students’ language and life experiences. The books also provide many opportunities for links with materials covered in the core subject syllabi of the new Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC).