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A Million Fish... More or Less
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A Million Fish... More or Less Paperback - 1996

by McKissack, Patricia

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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 tale and the timeless tradition of the "one that got away." Full color.

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  • Title A Million Fish... More or Less
  • Author McKissack, Patricia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Children's Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date May 7, 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 16335978-6
  • ISBN 9780679880868 / 0679880860
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.05 x 9.06 x 0.24 in (28.07 x 23.01 x 0.61 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 690
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Fishing, Tall tales
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90034322
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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From the publisher

Award winning author Patricia McKissack comes from a family of skilled storytellers, who taught her to listen and observe and who encouraged her life-long love affair with words.  The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural was a 1993 Newbery Honor Book.  Pat also received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1993 for The Dark Thirty.  Pat wishes she could have talked to her hero, Frederick Douglass, about his rise from slavery, his daring escape, and freedom -- at last!  If she was not an author, Pat would like to be an interior designer or an architect so she could tell stories through design.

Pat frequently collaborates on books with her husband, Fredrick.  They have three sons and live in St. Louis, Missouri.  

First line

Papa-Daddy pulled his straw hat down over his eyes.

From the jacket flap

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.

Media reviews

"McKissack understands the elements of a good story, and includes just enough detail to make it work. Uninhibited splashes of vivid colors fill the pages and elicit a joyous emotional response to the dynamic human figures. A radiant debut for a talented illustrator."--(starred) School Library Journal.  

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 06/03/1996, Page 0

About the author

Patricia C. McKissack is the author of over twenty children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the All I'll Ever Want Christmas Doll. She has also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. Patricia currently lives in St. Louis.

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