I received an email from Loubert Chancy regarding a new musical group:  NU-SHAH.  The inaugural ball will take place on January 9, 2010, at Feathers Ballroom,  4343 State Road 7 (441), Suite 111.  For information, please call Richard at 954-257-6590. You will soon have more details about this party. In the meantime, get ready to enjoy some relaxing music on the 9th of January.

The second recommendation concerns Educa Vision. Please see the items below.  Make your selection(s)!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Dear friends and colleagues, We have prepared a Holiday Wish List, a selection of titles for adults and children, all guaranteed to be the perfect gift this season. For more information, visit our web site at www.educavision.com. Become a fan of Educa Vision on Facebook.

Philippe Dodard: The Idea of Modernity in Haitian Contemporary Art Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58432-403-4 Catalog number: B421 Our Price: $69 Here…There and Beyond: The Work of 16 Haitian Artists of Florida Hardcover ISBN: 9781584325314 Catalog number: B520 Our Price: $50 Haitian Art in the Diaspora Hardcover ISBN: 1584321644 Catalog number: B197 Our Price: $35 Fine Haitian Cuisine: A Broad Collection of Haitian Recipes Hardcover ISBN: 1584323701 Catalog number: B308 Our Price: $40 Manno Charlemagne: 30 ans de Chansons Hardcover ISBN: 1584323876 Catalog number: B417 Our Price: $20 Chansons d’enfants en Francais et Creole Paperback ISBN: 1584322594 Catalog number: B266 Our Price: $19.50 Mommy, Tell me About Haiti Hardcover ISBN: 158432466X Catalog number: B465 Our Price: $19.50 Ti Belo ak Ti Pye Zoranj Hardcover ISBN: 1584322918 Catalog number: B415 Our Price: $17.50 Islands of Hope Hardcover ISBN: 9781584325581 Catalog number: B528 Our Price: $17.50

Best wishes from all of us at Educa Vision Sincerely, Fequiere, Maude, Mia, Carol, Louise, Valerie, Vanessa, Junior, Nathalie and Jean-Evens. Educa Vision 954-968-7433 P.S. We are not receiving any financial compensation for posting this resource.  As a company interested in your personal growth, MyKasika enjoys looking for educational tools that may be useful to you.

MULTICULTURAL HIGH-SCHOOL READER

Get young adults to pick up a book.

Multicultural-themed collection: Literature titles addressing issues of immigration, family, cultural interaction, school and language barriers, to engage young multicultural readers through well-written narratives that will without a doubt grab their attention.
All nine titles are available individually or as a collection. Purchase the collection for $99 and save up to 30%. Buy Now

Something to Teach Me
Something to Teach Me Matt Cyr

The true story of a young white American who finds himself teaching school in the mountains of Haiti. Day-by-day journal entries are each short and self-contained engaging narratives. Grades 8-12, Paperback, 250pp. English.

ISBN: 1584321385 – $19.50
Catalog number: B161

The Bonplezi Family, Reversals, and
Teacher’s Guide to The Bonplezi Family
Maude Heurtelou / Translated by J. Nickrosz

The Bonplezi Family
The lively adventures of a Haitian family in the U.S. The novel depicts the hopes, beliefs, and tribulations of Haitians living outside their country. Although fiction, the book is a faithful rendering of social realities and relationships between family members. Grades 8-12. Paperback, 242pp.

ISBN: 1881839699 – $17.50
Catalog number: B078

Reversals
This novel continues the saga of the Bonplezi family, bringing in more characters and situations in the lives of this Haitian family in the U.S.
Grades 8-12. Paperback, 206pp.

ISBN: 1881839516 – $17.50
Catalog number: B064E

Teacher’s Guide to The Bonplezi Family
ISBN: 1584320028 – $7.50 Paperback
Catalog number: B078-2

People of the Good Earth, Friends Forever
The Mystery in Room 303, Teacher’s Guide
Goldstein Collection
Mona Goldstein’s collection of four books: People of the Good Earth, Friends Forever, The Mystery in Room 303 andthe Teacher’s Guide. The collection seeks to make social studies come alive. The adventurous heroes of each book are teenagers who grew up during a different era in South Florida history. The turns and twists of each of the three plots affected by the period of time in which the young people live.
Paperback, Grades 8-12.

Teacher’s Guide
ISBN: 1584324465, $12.50
Catalog number: B445

People of the Good Earth
ISBN: 1584322772, 186 pp. $15
Catalog number: B431

The Mystery in Room 303
ISBN: 1584323930, 142 pp. $14.50
Catalog number: B412

Friends Forever
ISBN: 1584324015, 186 pp. $15
Catalog number: B430

Memoir of an Amnesiac
Memoir of an Amnesiac Jan J. Dominique, Foreword by Edwidge Danticat.

Now available in English, this remarkable narrative of exile, loss, memory and imagination resonates with its readers. The author draws upon her traumatic experiences growing up under the dictatorship of François Duvalier in this exploration of psychological and political oppression and exile. Grades 8-12, Paperback, 306pp
ISBN: 1584324737 – $19.50
Catalog number: B477

All nine titles are available individually or as a collection. Purchase the collection for $99 and save up to 30%. Buy Now
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Educa Vision Inc. is a publisher of multicultural and multilingual educational materials for students k-12, based in Coconut Creek, FL.

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Fequiere Vilsaint
Educa Vision

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