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Patricia C. McKissack (née Carwell; August 9, 1944 – April 7, 2017) was a prolific African American children's writer. [1] She was the author of over 100 books, including Dear America books A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl; Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North; and Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl.
Patricia McKissack died on April 7, 2017, in Bridgeton, Missouri, at the age of seventy-two. In a eulogy, Mary Barrett, the president of the National Children’s Book and Literary Alliance, remembered Patricia and Fredrick McKissack as “guiding lights, expanding [the] universe in multiple directions” in their pursuit of diversity in ...
Apr 12, 2017 · April 12, 2017. Patricia McKissack, who with her husband transformed a career crisis into a prolific literary partnership that produced scores of children’s books about black history and ...
By Gayleen Rabakukk Patricia C. McKissack, honored children’s author from Chesterfield, dies at 72 by Jane Henderson from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Peek: “…’I think my mother died of a broken heart.’ Fredrick McKissack Jr. said his mother and father were ‘best friends and partners.’” Before becoming an author, Continue Reading In Memory: Patricia C. McKissack »
Feb 8, 2008 · Patricia C. McKissack. Patricia C. McKissack’s journey to become a children’s book author began as she sat on the front porch wrapped in her mother’s arms. As she listened to her mama recite the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a spell wove around them. Words and possibility swirled in the air until bedtime called and poetry danced in ...
Apr 17, 2017 · By Julie Danielson | April 17, 2017. Beloved award-winning children’s-book author and master storyteller Patricia C. McKissack died near her home in Chesterfield, Missouri, on April 7. Born in Smyrna, Tennessee, and raised in Nashville, she was 72. Her death was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on April 10.
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Apr 11, 2017 · Patricia C. McKissack, a children’s author who chronicled African American history and Southern folklore in more than 100 early-reader and picture books, including award-winning works about ...
