Mirandy and Brother Wind

2013-06-26 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Patricia McKissack
Release : 2013-06-26
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 650/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Mirandy and Brother Wind by : Patricia McKissack

Download or read book Mirandy and Brother Wind written by Patricia McKissack. This book was released on 2013-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Goin' Someplace Special

2014-03-18 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Patricia C. McKissack
Release : 2014-03-18
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 502/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Goin' Someplace Special by : Patricia C. McKissack

Download or read book Goin' Someplace Special written by Patricia C. McKissack. This book was released on 2014-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Stitchin' and Pullin'

2016-10-04 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Patricia McKissack
Release : 2016-10-04
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 501/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Stitchin' and Pullin' by : Patricia McKissack

Download or read book Stitchin' and Pullin' written by Patricia McKissack. This book was released on 2016-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems that tell the story of the quilt-making community in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is now available as a Dragonfly paperback. For generations, the women of Gee’s Bend have made quilts to keep a family warm, as a pastime accompanied by sharing and singing, or to memorialize loved ones. Today, the same quilts hang on museum walls as modern masterpieces of color and design. Inspired by these quilts and the women who made them, award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack traveled to Alabama to learn their stories. The lyrical rite-of-passage narrative that is the result of her journey seamlessly weaves together the familial, cultural, spiritual, and historical strands of life in this community.

The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

2003-01-01 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Patricia C. McKissack
Release : 2003-01-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 951/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by : Patricia C. McKissack

Download or read book The Honest-to-Goodness Truth written by Patricia C. McKissack. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

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

2011-10-26 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Patricia C. McKissack
Release : 2011-10-26
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 236/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by : Patricia C. McKissack

Download or read book The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll written by Patricia C. McKissack. This book was released on 2011-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

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