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Goin' Someplace Special
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Goin' Someplace Special Hardcover - 2001

by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

Growing up in 1950s Nashville, Tennessee, Tricia Ann faces signs everywhere saying "For Whites Only." When her grandmother allows her to go "someplace special" for the first time, 'Tricia Ann heads for the public library--where "all" are welcome. Full color.


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Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, a Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Medal-winning author-illustrator duo collaborate to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town. There's a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color...and 'Tricia Ann 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's 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 head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.

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  • Title Goin' Someplace Special
  • Author Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780689818851 / 0689818858
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.95 x 9.13 x 0.5 in (30.35 x 23.19 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 730
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Segregation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99088258
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/15/2002, Page 1234
  • Black Issues Book Review, 11/01/2001, Page 76
  • Booklist, 08/01/2001, Page 2117
  • BookPage, 10/01/2001, Page 27
  • Christian Home & School, 01/01/2002, Page 27
  • Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2001, Page 736
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2002, Page 52
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 09/15/2001, Page 1362
  • Multicultural Review, 03/01/2002, Page 101
  • New York Times, 02/10/2002, Page 20
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/06/2001, Page 89
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2001, Page 199

About the author

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.
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