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Mirandy and Brother Wind
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Mirandy and Brother Wind Paperback - 1997

by McKissack, Patricia

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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. A Coretta Scott King Award winner. Full color.

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Random House Children's Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Details

  • Title Mirandy and Brother Wind
  • Author McKissack, Patricia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Dragonfly Bo
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Children's Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date January 13, 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 734371-6
  • ISBN 9780679883333 / 0679883339
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 11 x 9 x 0.13 in (27.94 x 22.86 x 0.33 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 690
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Dance
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 87000349
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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

Swish! Swish! It was spring, and Brother Wind was back.

From the jacket flap

Illus. in full color."Mirandy is sure she'll win the cake walk if she can catch Brother Wind for her partner, but he eludes all the tricks her friends advise. This gets a high score for plot, pace, and characterization. Mirandy sparkles with energy and determination. Multi-hued watercolors fill the pages with patterned ferment. A treat to pass on to new generations."--(starred) "Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. Cassette running time: 20 min.

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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