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Patricia McKissack
“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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The Dark-Thirty
Written by Patricia McKissack
Trade Paperback
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
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The Dark-Thirty
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Trade Paperback
This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award Winner from beloved author Patricia McKissack offers a “stellar collection” of “ten original stories, all with a foundation in African-American history or culture” (School Library Journal).
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing and breathtakingly original, these... Read More
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The Dark-Thirty
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
eBook
This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award Winner from beloved author Patricia McKissack offers a “stellar collection” of “ten original stories, all with a foundation in African-American history or culture” (School Library Journal).
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing and breathtakingly original, these... Read More
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Miami Jackson Gets It Straight
Written by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
Illustrated by Michael Chesworth
eBook
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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Miami Jackson Gets It Straight
Written by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
Illustrated by Michael Chesworth
Trade Paperback
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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Miami Jackson Makes the Play
Written by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
Illustrated by Michael Chesworth
Trade Paperback
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
Written by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
Illustrated by Michael Chesworth
Trade Paperback
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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A Million Fish...More or Less
Written by Patricia McKissack
Trade Paperback
Newbery honor author Patricia C. McKissack’s original yarn of the Louisiana bayou is "told with verve and sly wit." (Publishers Weekly, Starred review)
Hugh Thomas knows that the Bayou Clapateaux is a mighty peculiar place. Why, back in 1903, Papa-Daddy and Elder Abbajon caught a turkey that weighed 500 pounds…more... Read More
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Trade Paperback
“Each page sparkles with life.”—The New York Times Book Review
In this Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning tale, Mirandy is determined to capture the best partner for the junior cakewalk jubilee. And who is the best partner? The wind, of course!
Grandmama Beasley says, “Can’t nobody... Read More
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Hardcover
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
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
eBook
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
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Porch Lies
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Andre Carrilho
Hardcover
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor–winning anthology The Dark Thirty 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... Read More
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Porch Lies
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Andre Carrilho
eBook
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor–winning anthology The Dark Thirty 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... Read More
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Stitchin' and Pullin'
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Trade Paperback
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... Read More
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Stitchin' and Pullin'
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
eBook
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
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