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Never Forgotten (Junior Library Guild Selection (Schwartz & Wade Books))

Schwartz & Wade

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A 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

"Forceful and iconic," raved Publishers Weekly in a starred review.

This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, here is a lyrical story-in-verse about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, which will remind children that their slave ancestors should never be forgotten, and that family is more important than anything else.

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The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

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If telling the truth is the right thing to do, why is the whole world mad at Libby?
When Libby is caught in her first lie to her mama, she makes a decision: "From now on, only the truth." Soon she's spreading the truth all over town--about the hole in her friend Ruthie May's sock, and the fact that Thomas didn't have lunch money and needed to borrow some from the teacher, and how old Miz Tusselbury's yard looks like a jungle. By now, no one is talking to Libby. Perplexed and glum, she turns to her mama for another lesson on telling the truth. But it isn't until Libby gets a small spoonful of her own medicine that she really grasps the difference between the right way and the wrong way to tell the truth.

Children know just how difficult it is to find that balance between a lie and the honest-to-goodness truth. Award-winning author Patricia McKissack teams up with acclaimed illustrator Giselle Potter (Gabriella's Song, When Agnes Caws) to create a witty, touching story that will sound quite familiar to anyone who has ever struggled with just this quandary. Potter's unique, naive style is terrifically appealing, with her big-faced, highly expressive characters and gorgeous gouache and gesso colors. (Ages 5 to 10) --Emilie Coulter

Goin' Someplace Special

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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.

When her grandmother sees that she's ready to take such a big step, 'Tricia Ann hurries to catch the bus heading downtown. But 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 even her grandmother's words -- "You are somedbody, a human being -- no better, no worse than anybody else in this world" -- echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.

Patricia C. McKissack's poignant story of growing up in the segregated South and Jerry Pinkney's rich, detailed watercolors lead readers to the doorway of freedom.

Confronted with the indignities and humiliations of segregated Nashville in the 1950s, young 'Tricia Ann holds her head high and remembers that she is "somebody, a human being--no better, no worse than anybody else in this world." For the first time, 'Tricia Ann has been allowed to venture outside her community all by herself. Her grandmother has prepared her well, fortifying her "with enough love, respect, and pride to overcome any situation." 'Tricia Ann, though frustrated by the Jim Crow laws that forbid her, as an African American, to enter certain restaurants and hotels, or even to sit on park benches marked "For Whites Only," rises above her pain and makes her way to one of the only places in the city that welcomes her with open arms: the public library.

Drawing on her own Nashville childhood, Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia C. McKissack (The Dark- Thirty) brings the injustices of segregation to life in this bittersweet picture book. Illustrator Jerry Pinkney, four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor Medalist, captures the spirit of the '50s with his lovely watercolors. McKissack and Pinkney previously collaborated on Mirandy and Brother Wind. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

A Million Fish...More or Less

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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.
Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

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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!
Flossie and the Fox

Dial

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A wily fox, notorious for stealing eggs, meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl in the woods who insists upon proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened.

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Stitchin' and Pullin:' Tales of Quilting
Blackvoices - May 14, 2009
'Stitchin' and Pullin: A Gee's Bend Quilt' by Patricia C. McKissack will become a fast favorite of your 6- to-10-year-old, with its symphonic rhymes, colorful African American history and rich illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera.

Erie County Real Estate Transactions - Buffalo News
Buffalo News,  United States - May 25, 2009
Erie County Real Estate Transactions102 Hedwig Ave., Cynthia Brochowicz to Jessica J. Mckissack, $51410. • 45 Kemp St., Sophie Kozlowski to Diane Dubiel; Gerald Dubiel, $50000. • 84 Francis Ave., Samuel J. Burruano to Shannon Dunn, $48000. • 254 Wagner Ave., Raymond Tomasik;

Fairview Heights storyteller enthralls children - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune, United States - Feb 11, 4357
Fairview Heights storyteller enthralls childrenMore than 2000 fourth- through sixth-grade students from Belleville schools gathered at Lindenwood University's Belleville campus for the storytelling festival, which included presentations by nationally acclaimed storytellers Patricia McKissack,

Boulder City Celebrations - Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Sun, NV - May 07, 2009
Boulder City Celebrations James Nelson, Arthur Rocky, Loralee Lawrence, Todd Wainwright, Debra Webb, Ron Weathley Jr., Chip Dietrick, Jason Van Den Bosch, Melba Dunagan, Alan Bowen, Ronald Reid, Dan Driscoll, Evelyn Breed, Jesse McKissack, Linda Murphy, Becky Perkins.