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“To me, reading is like breathing; both are essential to life.”—Patricia C. McKissack
Award-winning author Patricia McKissack wishes she could have talked to her hero, Frederick Douglass, about his rise from slavery, his daring escape, and freedom—at last! She is the author of The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which is a Newbery Honor Book and also received the Coretta Scott King Award. She frequently collaborates on books with her husband, Fredrick. They have three sons and live in St. Louis, Missouri.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Long before I became a writer, I was a listener and an observer. My relatives, who were dynamic... Read More
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Stitchin' and Pullin'
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $17.99
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns—all the while stitchin’ and pullin’ thread through cloth. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $17.99
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns—all the while stitchin’ and pullin’ thread through cloth. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 1997
Price: $6.99
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... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 1997
Price: $6.99
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... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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A Million Fish...More or Less
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1996
Price: $6.99
Illus. in full color. In an original yarn of the Louisiana bayou, McKissack honors the tradition of bragging about the one that got away. Hugh Thomas hears that strange things happen on the Bayou Clapateaux, but he's skeptical--until he invents a fish story of his own. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1996
Price: $6.99
Illus. in full color. In an original yarn of the Louisiana bayou, McKissack honors the tradition of bragging about the one that got away. Hugh Thomas hears that strange things happen on the Bayou Clapateaux, but he's skeptical--until he invents a fish story of his own. Read more >
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Miami Jackson Gets It Straight
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 17, 1999
Price: $4.99
MIAMI JACKSON CAN’T wait for school to end. But who ever thought five days could be so long? His teacher is leaving for Ghana, his arch-enemy, Destinee Tate, is on his case, and now Miami’s keeping secrets from his best friend, String. Summer can’t come soon enough! Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 17, 1999
Price: $4.99
MIAMI JACKSON CAN’T wait for school to end. But who ever thought five days could be so long? His teacher is leaving for Ghana, his arch-enemy, Destinee Tate, is on his case, and now Miami’s keeping secrets from his best friend, String. Summer can’t come soon enough! Read more >
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The Dark-Thirty
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2001
Price: $6.99
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing, suspenseful, and breathtakingly original, these tales make up a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2001
Price: $6.99
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing, suspenseful, and breathtakingly original, these tales make up a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten. Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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The Dark-Thirty
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $18.95
Illus. in black-and-white. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $18.95
Illus. in black-and-white. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Porch Lies
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $18.95
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $18.95
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
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Miami Jackson Makes the Play
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2001
Price: $4.99
AT LAST IT’S summer. Miami is more than ready for two weeks of baseball camp. No homework. No annoying sister. Best of all, no Destinee Tate. But Miami can’t escape Destinee. Turns out his best friend, String, invited her to Camp Atwater, too. And she’s making trouble, as usual, trying to... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2001
Price: $4.99
AT LAST IT’S summer. Miami is more than ready for two weeks of baseball camp. No homework. No annoying sister. Best of all, no Destinee Tate. But Miami can’t escape Destinee. Turns out his best friend, String, invited her to Camp Atwater, too. And she’s making trouble, as usual, trying to... Read more >
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Miami Jackson Sees It Through
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2002
Price: $4.99
MIAMI’S CLASS HAS a brand-new teacher, no-nonsense Miss Amerita Spraggins. She’s a real tough lady. She insists on assigned seats. She hands out detentions like coupons. She even refuses to call kids by their nicknames. Miami can’t take a whole year with crazy Miss Spraggins. He has to get out of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2002
Price: $4.99
MIAMI’S CLASS HAS a brand-new teacher, no-nonsense Miss Amerita Spraggins. She’s a real tough lady. She insists on assigned seats. She hands out detentions like coupons. She even refuses to call kids by their nicknames. Miami can’t take a whole year with crazy Miss Spraggins. He has to get out of... Read more >
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $16.99
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given a real gift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $16.99
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given a real gift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1988
Price: $17.00
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... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1988
Price: $17.00
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... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $19.99
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given a real gift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $19.99
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given a real gift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Stitchin' and Pullin'
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $20.99
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns—all the while stitchin’ and pullin’ thread through cloth. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $20.99
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns—all the while stitchin’ and pullin’ thread through cloth. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Dark-Thirty
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $20.99
Illus. in black-and-white. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. "The atmosphere of each selection is skillfully developed and sustained to the very end. Pinkney's stark scratchboard illustrations evoke an... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $20.99
Illus. in black-and-white. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. "The atmosphere of each selection is skillfully developed and sustained to the very end. Pinkney's stark scratchboard illustrations evoke an... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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To Establish Justice
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $18.95
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED on the idea of liberty for all. But it has not always achieved that ideal. To Establish Justice is an honest and powerful examination of the Supreme Court’s role in legalizing—or negating—civil rights for various groups. From the struggles of Native Americans at the country’s birth to the... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $18.95
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED on the idea of liberty for all. But it has not always achieved that ideal. To Establish Justice is an honest and powerful examination of the Supreme Court’s role in legalizing—or negating—civil rights for various groups. From the struggles of Native Americans at the country’s birth to the... Read more >
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Porch Lies
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $22.99
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $22.99
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
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Porch Lies
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $18.95
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $18.95
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
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Porch Lies
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $10.00
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $10.00
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in... Read more >
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