Wilkie and the Bakoo is a Guyanese oral folktale. The Bakoo is a little man who lives in a bottle. He goes out at night looking for treasure. Wilkie is given a Bakoo, but he soon finds out that the Bakoo expects something in return.

Read Awhile is a series of graded stories and non-fiction texts that have been specially written for young readers in the Caribbean. Read Awhile books also contain questions, activities and other materials designed to improve children's reading skills and vocabulary.

This book is part of a book series called Read Awhile .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Hodder Education .

Faustin Charles was born in Trinidad. He is an acclaimed writer of traditional stories and rhymes from English-speaking, French-speaking, Dutch-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean.