Goin' Someplace Special

Name: Goin' Someplace Special
Brand: Atheneum Books
SKU: 818852
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Author: Patricia C. McKissack
ISBN: 9780689818851

By: Patricia C. McKissack

Illustrated By: Jerry Pinkney

Atheneum Books / 2001 / Hardcover

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In the 1950s ‘Tricia Ann knows of a place in her southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color, and she knows exactly how to get there. To her, it’s someplace special and she’s bursting to go by herself. But when she catches the bus heading downtown, unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life is 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 her grandmother’s words, “You are somebody, a human being, no better, no worse than anybody else in this world,” echo in her mind, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward. 40 pages, hardcover. Ages 5 to 8.

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Title: Goin' Someplace Special
By: Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrated By: Jerry Pinkney
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 40
Vendor: Atheneum Books
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 11.95 X 9.13 X 0.50 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 0689818858
ISBN-13: 9780689818851
Ages: 5-8
Stock No: WW818852

Author Bio

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Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including Goin' Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; The Dark-Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021) illustrated 100 children’s books, and his work earned the 2010 Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honor Medals, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Book awards, and, in 2006, the Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators. Jerry Pinkney’s many acclaimed titles included John Henry, Minty, Sam and the Tigers, The Ugly Duckling, and Mirandy and Brother Wind. Find out more at JerryPinkneyStudio.com.