books by Patricia C. Mckissack     books:       A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America ...60 reviews Patricia C. McKissack Scholastic Inc., 1997 Wonderful This is a wonderful, heartwarming story that is perfect for introducing the plight of slaves to children without frightening the children to death. Clotee, though a slave, retains power from her masters by learning to read and write and keeping a hidden diary of her observations. Though this is admittedly unrealistic (where is she getting all these writing materials), the power she retains in ...             The Honest-to-Goodness Truth4 reviews Patricia C. McKissack Aladdin, 2003 The Honest-To-Goodness Truth Terrific book and a great read-aloud! I read this book to my elementary class. The children loved it! It provided a wonderful "spring board" for a rich classroom discussion on truthfulness.             Goin' Someplace Special9 reviews Patricia C. McKissack Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2001 Special all right Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1950s was not easy for African-American children. Most public places--including hotels, restaurants, churches, movie theaters, parks--were open only to whites. On buses, only seats in the back rows were available to them, even if the front of the bus was empty. But as the author explains in her endnote, the board of Nashville's public library in the ...             Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman (Scholastic Biography)7 reviews Patricia C. Mckissack Scholastic Paperbacks, 1994 Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman Sojouner Truth Ain't I a Woman takes place in the 1700's-1800's, about 300 years ago. This genre is non-fiction. If you like true stories then read this! This story is about black people being slaves. Sojouner works for a family that beats her. She works for them for about 13 years. Then she gets sold again and the family tells her she can leave at 27 years (a year before she is suppose to.) The ...             Color Me Dark: the Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North33 reviews Patricia C. Mckissack Scholastic Inc., 2000 One of the best books I've read I read this book for the novel unit when we were studying and discrimination. I really liked it and hope to read more books by this author. I've been eying A Picture Of Freedom. Anyway, Color Me Dark was a great experience. I didn't really think it was fair that Erma Jean couldn't talk for part of the story. I still wonder why and how she stopped talking. I liked her poem about Chicago. ...             A Friendship for Today Patricia C. McKissack Scholastic Inc., 2008 McKissack dishes up a palatable blend of fact and fiction in her semiautobiographical story of Rosemary Patterson's pivotal sixth-grade year (1954-55). The landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision closed the doors of Rosemary's colored school in Kirkland, Missouri, and dispersed students into two white elementary schools. Determined to prove she does not need remediation, Rosemary excels academically and refuses to be racially intimidated ...             Precious and the Boo Hag (Anne Schwartz Books)7 reviews Patricia C. McKissack, Onawumi Jean Moss Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2005 Knock knock. Don't let strangers in your house. How much clearer could a person be? Stranger at the door? Don't let them in! End of story. Now you wouldn't always know it, but that kind of admonishment can lead to all sorts of interesting situations and stories. Every year I keep track of all the picture books that win the major awards. Not just the Caldecott, mind you, but also the American Library ...             Loved Best (Ready-for-Chapters) Patricia C. McKissack Aladdin, 2005 Who Is Loved Best? Because she's the oldest and can do the most, Carolyn is sure she is loved the best. But then she begins to have doubts: Her mom spoils her little sister when she's sick, her parents post her little brother's perfect math quiz on the fridge but barely notice her own perfect paper, and they make a bigger fuss over her brother's and sister's small parts in the spring play than they do her speaking part. But when things don't ...             The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural21 reviews Patricia C. McKissack Scholastic Inc, 1992 A really really great book I love this book so much its really cool. I like the book because its a book thats I can understand. The book is scary in some ways and sad in someways too. Its about a girl who's parents get divorced. Then she starts working in a chicken coop when she gets older. When she starts working there she starts hearing a noise and, she hears the noise every week and she gets more terrified. Now I cant ...             Tippy Lemmey1 review Patricia C. McKissack Aladdin, 2003 Sweet story Patricia C. McKissack always has a story worth telling. This is a lovely little tale about three children who are trying to cope with a mean neighborhood dog. Tippy Lemmey is a dog with a first AND last name and he is chasing them and snapping at their heels as they pass his turf. I loved the kids inventiveness as they try to out think and out run the dog. The children do not wish the dog harm ...             Precious and the Boo Hag Patricia C. McKissack; Onawumi Jean Moss Recorded Books, 2005             A Million Fish...More or Less5 reviews Patricia C. McKissack Perfection Learning Prebound, 1996 How the book inspired me I liked the book because it was a great book,and I wish that everyone should read the book. Patricia C. Mckissack the author she did a great job on the book. Dena Schutzek the illustrater did a great job on the pictures in the book. Some people may think it's a baby book but I still think that it is a great,and funny book.             Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (Dear America ...9 reviews Patricia C. Mckissack Scholastic Inc., 2004 What an exciting adventure Zettie is a slave to Marie-Louise's father but when he dies she worries about what will happen to her. Marie-Louise convinces her fiancee to buy Zettie. They then escape to Spain and then to America in search of Marie-Louise's other brother Jacques who was thought to be dead but may in fact be alive. For Zettie, she keeps hoping Marie-Louise or Jacques will be able to free her. I like that she ...             Ma Dear's Aprons (Anne Schwartz Books)1 review Patricia C. McKissack Aladdin, 2000 Excellent book This book is wonderfully written and accurately uses the popular southern term of endearment "Ma Dear" (short for mother dear).             Where Crocodiles Have Wings1 review Patricia C. McKissack Holiday House, 2005 Colorful This is a whimsical tale of a place "where crocodiles have wings, spiders dance, zebras play hockey, coyotes sneeze and chickens wheeze." In this fantasy place, which is never identified, the realistic world is flipped upside-down. McKissack departs from her usual subject matter (Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color and Goin' Someplace Special) and she explores a new ...             Days Of Jubilee (Days of Jubilee)3 reviews Patricia C. Mckissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Scholastic Press, 2003 The Truth about the End of Slavery While the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation is often thought of as the end of slavery in the United States, the truth is that slaves were freed at different times over the course of several years. The day that slaves were told of their freedom was called their day of Jubilee. Starting with information related to blacks' roles during the American Revolution and working chronologically ...             Mirandy and Brother Wind Patricia C. McKissack Alfred A. Knopf, 1988             Friendship For Today5 reviews Patricia C. Mckissack Scholastic Press, 2007 Courtesy of Teens Read Too On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States made a historic ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education: Segregation of public schools was declared unconstitutional. And, like so many others, the life of twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson was forever changed. Rosemary doesn't really care for the idea of her school being closed just because of the decision. 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