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      The Home-Run King

      Patricia McKissack

      Brothers Tank and Jimbo Turner love sneaking into Nashville’s Sulphur Dell Ballpark to watch the superstars of Negro League Baseball. When Josh Gibson, the famous home-run hitter, bunks at their…

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      A Song for Harlem

      Patricia McKissack

      In the summer of 1928, Lilly Belle Turner of Smyrna, Tennessee, participates in a young author’s writing program, taught by Zora Neale Hurston and hosted by A'Lelia Walker in her…

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      A Million Fish…More or Less

      Patricia McKissack

      This winner of the Caldecott Honor, the Newbery Honor award, and the Coretta Scott King Award, spins an original yearn about the Louisiana bayou, paying tribute to the American tall…

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      Booker T. Washington: African-American Leader

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography for early readers about Booker T. Washington’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      Carter G. Woodson: Black History Pioneer

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography for early readers about Carter G. Woodson’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      Frederick Douglass: Fighter Against Slavery

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography about Frederick Douglass, Jr. for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      George Washington Carver: Scientist and Inventor

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography about George Washington Carver for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Fighter for Justice

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      Ida B. Wells-Barnett rose from her roots in slavery to become an outspoken voice for her people. She was an important and influential journalist at a time in history when…

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      Jesse Owens: Legendary Track Star

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography about Jesse Owens for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Louis Armstrong: King of Jazz

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography for early readers about Louis Armstrong’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography about Madam CJ Walker for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Marian Anderson: Amazing Opera Singer

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography for early readers about Marian Anderson’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      Every school child knows the name of Martin Luther King, Jr., beacon of the civil rights movement. The McKissacks offer an easy-to-read journey through King’s life, as he brought people…

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      Mary McLeod Bethune: Woman of Courage

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      Read about Mary McLeod Bethune’s life. Discover how she started a school, and worked in the White House –Provided by publisher.

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      Paul Robeson: A Voice for Change

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      A simple biography about Paul Robeson for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Mirandy and Brother Wind

      Patricia C. McKissack

      This ebullient collaboration captures the texture of rural life and culture 40 years after the end of slavery through the plucky determination of a little girl. A Caldecott Honor Book…

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      Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

      Patricia C. McKissack

      A collection of ten ghost stories about black Americans. Illustrated in black and white by Brian Pinkney.

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      Mirandy and Brother Wind #

      Patricia C. McKissack

      To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

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      Messy Bessey’s Family Reunion

      Patricia C McKissack,Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      After having fun at their family reunion, Messy Bessey’s family cleans up and leaves the park as beautiful as when they arrived.

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      The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Frederick McKissack,Pat McKissack

      Examines the civilizations of the Western Sudan which flourished from 700 to 1700 A.D., acquiring such vast wealth that they became centers of trade and culture for a continent.

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      Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wily Characters

      Patricia McKissack

      Newbery Honor author McKissack’s tall tales of humor and exaggeration are told on a front porch to friends and family. Whether side-splittingly funny or spine-chillingly spooky, most of these tales…

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      Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt

      Patricia McKissack

      Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, New York, in 2008 –Colophon.

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      Mama’s Window

      Lynn Rubright,Patricia McKissack

      After his mother dies, Sugar Martin is sent to live with his gruff uncle Free, a crippled loner who makes his living fishing in a swamp in the Mississippi Delta…

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      Flossie and the Fox

      Patricia McKissack

      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…

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      Mama’s Window

      Lynn Rubright,Patricia McKissack

      After his mother dies, Sugar Martin is sent to live with his gruff uncle Free, a crippled loner who makes his living fishing in a swamp in the Mississippi Delta…

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      The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

      Patricia McKissack,Brian Pinkney

      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.

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      Ma Dear’s Aprons

      Patricia C. Mckissack

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      Loved Best

      Patricia C McKissack

      Because she is the oldest, Carolyn assumes she is loved the best. But she has doubts when her mom spoils Carolyn’s little sister when she’s sick and posts her brother’s…

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      A Picture of Freedom (Dear America)

      Patricia C McKissack

      Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author McKissack’s inspiring A Picture of Freedom is now back in print with a gorgeous new cover. It’s 1859 and Clotee, a…

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      What Is Given From The Heart

      Patricia C. Mckissack

      This final, magnificent picture book from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honoree McKissack is a poignant and uplifting celebration of the joy of giving. Full color.

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      Miami Jackson Gets It Straight

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      There’s only one week left until school lets out and Miami Jackson, a regularnine-year-old brother on the move. But first he has to survive those last fewdays in school–and that’s…

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      Miami Jackson Makes the Play

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      Miami’s enjoyment of summer baseball camp is threatened by the presence of an antagonistic lodgemate and his main enemy, Destinee Tate.

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      Miami Jackson Sees It Through

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      Miami Jackson and his strict new fourth grade teacher, Miss Spraggins, get off to such a bad start that Miami is determined to transfer out of her class, even if…

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      Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman?

      Patricia C McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      Published to coincide with African-American History Month, here is the stirring, award-winning biography of Sojourner Truth–preacher, abolitionist, and activist for the rights of African-Americans and women. A rich profile .–School…

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      Frederick Douglass: Fighter Against Slavery

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      Previous ed. published: Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Pub., c2002.

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      Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography about Martin Luther King, Jr. for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Booker T. Washington: African-American Leader

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography for early readers about Booker T. Washington’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      Marian Anderson: Amazing Opera Singer

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography for early readers about Marian Anderson’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      George Washington Carver: Scientist and Inventor

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography about George Washington Carver for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Jesse Owens: Legendary Track Star

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography about Jesse Owens for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography about Madam CJ Walker for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Paul Robeson: A Voice for Change

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography about Paul Robeson for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Fighter for Justice

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography about Ida B. Wells Barnett for early readers –Provided by publisher.

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      Carter G. Woodson: Black History Pioneer

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack, Jr, Jr

      A simple biography for early readers about Carter G. Woodson’s life –Provided by publisher.

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      Messy Bessey’s School Desk (a Rookie Reader)

      Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack,Fredrick McKissack

      When Messy Bessey starts to clean up her desk at school, she inspires the rest of the class to clean up the entire room.

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      Abby Takes a Stand

      Patricia McKissack

      Through the eyes of ten-year-old Abby, readers see what life was like for a black child in Nashville in 1960, when she couldn’t get served a milkshake at a downtown…

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      Away West

      Patricia McKissack

      The second novel in McKissack’s family saga recounts a Southern boy’s dream of heading west to a new life and the way in which his journey teaches him the deeper…

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      Patricia and Fredrick McKissack: Authors Kids Love

      Patricia and Fredrick McKissack started out to write just one book for children, but over the last thirty years, they have written more than one hundred books, nonfiction, picture books…

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