Anna Carries Water
Anna fetches water from the spring every day, but she can’t carry it on her head like her older brothers and sisters. In this charming and poetic family story set in Jamaica, Commonwealth Prize-winning author Olive Senior shows young readers the power of determination, as Anna achieves her goal and overcomes her fear.
Olive Senior is a Jamaican Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer.
Other publications from this author include:
- Boonoonoonous Hair (2019)
- The Pain Tree (2015)
- Birthday Suit (2012)
- Dancing Lessons (2011)
- Shell (2007)
- Over the Roofs of the World (2005)
- Discerner of Hearts (1995)
- Gardening in the Tropics (1994)
- Arrival of the Snake-Woman (1989)
- Summer Lightning and Other Stories (1986)
- Talking of trees (1985)