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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 ...
Patricia C. McKissack dedicated her career as a writer to showcasing black voices through children’s books and biographies that highlighted prominent African American figures.
Patricia McKissack (1944-2017) worked as a team with her late husband Fredrick (1939-2013), and together they wrote over one hundred books for young readers, including picture books, beginning readers, information books, and biographies.
Feb 8, 2008 · 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.
Apr 14, 2017 · With books like “Mirandy and Brother Wind,” “Flossie & The Fox,” “A Song for Harlem,” and more than 100 other titles, McKissack wrote positive stories about the lives and histories of African-American children, something that was hard to find when she started writing in the 1970s.
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American children’s author Patricia McKissack wrote more than 100 books about the African American experience. In 1993 her book The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural (1992) was chosen as a Newbery Honor Book, and she also won the Coretta Scott King Author Award for it.
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