Review
Warm, humorous... written with a rare understanding. - Daily Telegraph; Delightful and realistic. - Books for Keeps; Conveys a vivid sense of life freshly experienced: she has an acute ear for the felicities of children's speech. - A Multicultural Guide to Children's Books"
Book Description
A reissue of this popular fiction title about a typical little West African girl growing up in an inner city.
Product Description
Jessame doesn't mind being called Jessy, or Messy Jessy or Baddy Addy. Her full name is Jessame Aduke Olusanya. Sometimes she is messy and sometimes she is bad, but mostly she's just Jessame - a lively, imaginative, loving little girl to whom exciting things happen. Read about her adventures with the magical Grandpa Williams, Uncle Sharp who goes to sea and brings her back unusual presents from faraway places, and fun loving Aunt Gbee who comes to stay from Africa.
From the Back Cover
Jessame - sometimes called Messy Jessy - is a lively, imaginative, loving
little girl to whom exciting things happen. She has lots of adventures with
the magical Grandpa Williams, sailor Uncle Sharp who brings her unusual
presents from faraway places and fun-loving Aunt Gbee from Africa.
" a delight from start to finish" Books for Keeps
"warm and humorous ...written with a rare understnding of what it is to be
small" Sunday Telegraph
About the Author
Julia Jarman has written over 80 books for children. She lives near Bedford with her husband and has three grown-up children. She has been a schoolteacher and journalist but she now devotes a lot of time to school and library visits to talk to children about writing.
