One National Hero

By Tammarra Forbes

Counting with (JAGS) is such an exciting book that features real life depictions from the tiny Caribbean tropical Islands of the Turks & Caicos. In One National Hero, young readers will quickly identify numbers and their associations with indigenous objects, people, places and national symbols of the Turks & Caicos Islands. One National Hero features the First Chief Minister and First National Hero of the Turks & Caicos Islands, the late Hon. James Alexander George Smith McCartney.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781479768653

Tammarra Forbes

Tammarra Forbes is currently pursuing a M.S in Educati on, specializing in Children’s Literature and Reading. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Educati on. She is popularly known as a "Teacher Cheerleader" in the teaching profession within the Turks & Caicos Islands. Tammarra is also a Teacher Resource Specialist, Professional Teacher Leadership Development Planner, and Moti vati onal Conference Speaker. Tammarra believes that teaching should be meaningful, fun, and exciti ng for teachers as well as students. She also believes that each student should be equally presented with the opportunity to discover and develop the gift of reading. She also believes that it is criti cal for children to be able to see themselves in stories in multi cultural contextualizati on. In 2008 she became Turks & Caicos fi rst graduate from the Moody Bible Insti tute of Chicago, Illinois, earning a Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Educati on and Theological Studies, and is currently serving as an Elementary school teacher in the Public Schools of the Turks & Caicos Islands. Tammarra enjoys collecti ng children’s literature, and volunteering in elementary classrooms. She is a conscienti ous collector of teaching aids, resources and teacher materials. She is involved with educati onal recycling programs with other teaching professionals, between the United States and the Turks & Caicos Islands. In her spare ti me Tammarra writes and illustrates Children’s Literature in the context of her nati ve country by capturing and culti vati ng the culture of the beauti ful people and children of the exquisite Caribbean islands of Turks & Caicos.

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