Goin' Someplace Special

Goin' Someplace Special PDF Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481416502
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, a Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator duo collaborate to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town. There’s a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color…and ’Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it’s someplace special and she’s bursting to go by herself. But when she catches the bus heading downtown, unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life’s so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there’s a friend around the corner reminding ’Tricia Ann that she’s not alone. And her grandmother’s words—“You are somebody, a human being—no better, no worse than anybody else in this world”—echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.

Goin' Someplace Special

Goin' Someplace Special PDF Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481416502
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, a Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator duo collaborate to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town. There’s a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color…and ’Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it’s someplace special and she’s bursting to go by herself. But when she catches the bus heading downtown, unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life’s so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there’s a friend around the corner reminding ’Tricia Ann that she’s not alone. And her grandmother’s words—“You are somebody, a human being—no better, no worse than anybody else in this world”—echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.

The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

The Honest-to-Goodness Truth PDF Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 9780689853951
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
From Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Patricia C. McKissack comes a humorous and poignant picture book about the right time to tell the truth. “Tell the truth and shame the devil,” Libby’s mama has told her. So whatever is Libby doing wrong? Ever since she started telling only the truth, the whole world seems to be mad at her. First, it’s her best friend, Ruthie Mae, who gets upset when Libby tells all their friends that Ruthie Mae has a hole in her sock. Then Willie gives her an ugly look when she tells the teacher he hasn’t done his homework. It seems that telling the truth isn’t always so simple. Can Libby figure out what it really means to be truthful and make amends?

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Mirandy and Brother Wind PDF Author: Patricia McKissack
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307974650
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Book Description
Illus. in full color."Mirandy is sure she'll win the cake walk if she can catch Brother Wind for her partner, but he eludes all the tricks her friends advise. This gets a high score for plot, pace, and characterization. Mirandy sparkles with energy and determination. Multi-hued watercolors fill the pages with patterned ferment. A treat to pass on to new generations."--(starred) Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. Cassette running time: 20 min.

Let My People Go

Let My People Go PDF Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689808569
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Book Description
In a triumphant celebration of the human spirit, here are 12 favorites from the Old Testament. Each breathtaking illustration adds exquisite clarity. Full-color illustrations.

Precious and the Boo Hag

Precious and the Boo Hag PDF Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689851944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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Book Description
From the author of the Newbery Honor-winning "The Dark-Thirty" comes a deliciously funny, not-too-scary picture book featuring a spunky heroine and the Boo Hag, a crafty spirit that will stop at nothing to get inside the house. Full color.

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll PDF Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0307554236
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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Book Description
Newbery Honor–winning author McKissack and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Pinkney have outdone themselves in this heart-warming picture book infused with humor and the true spirit of Christmas. Christmas always comes to Nella’s house, but Santa Claus brings gifts only once in a while. That’s because it’s the Depression and Nella’s family is poor. Even so, Nella’s hoping that this year she and her two sisters will get a beautiful Baby Betty doll. On Christmas morning, the girls are beside themselves with excitement! There is Baby Betty, in all her eyelash-fluttering magnificence. “Mine!” Nella shouts, and claims the doll for herself. But soon she discovers that Baby Betty isn’t nearly as much fun as her sisters. Would it be more fun to share this very best gift with them after all?

A Picture of Freedom

A Picture of Freedom PDF Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780545265553
Category : African American girls
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
"Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859"--Cover.

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth PDF Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766016934
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.

Tippy Lemmey

Tippy Lemmey PDF Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689850190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Book Description
Tippy Lemmey, the neighborhood dog, is a nuisance and sworn enemy to the local children, but when Tippy gets in trouble, only Leanne, Paul, and Jeannie can help him.

Ma Dear's Aprons

Ma Dear's Aprons PDF Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148141898X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing -- a different color for every day. Monday means washing, with Ma Dear scrubbing at her tub in a blue apron. Tuesday is ironing, in a sunshine yellow apron that brightens Ma's spirits. And so it goes until Sunday, when Ma Dear doesn't have to wear an apron and they can set aside some special no-work time, just for themselves. In their first collaboration, Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and award-winninng illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life as it was for a single African-American mother and her son.