''Sprat Morrison'' () is a
children's book
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
published in 1972, and the first novel written by
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
n author
Jean D'Costa
Jean Constance D'Costa (born 13 January 1937) is a Jamaican children's novelist, linguist, and professor emeritus. Her novels have been praised for their use of both Jamaican Creole and Standard English.
Early life and education
Jean Constance ...
. The book is about the adventures of a young boy living in
Papine, a suburb of
Kingston. It is widely studied in Caribbean schools.
Sprat Morrison is part of the book series Horizons. Horizons is a series targeted towards 11 to 14-year-old Caribbean citizens.
References
1972 novels
Children's novels
Jamaican novels
Novels set in Jamaica
1972 children's books
1972 debut novels
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