Goin' Someplace Special. (children's bookshelf).Goin' Someplace some·place adv. & n. Somewhere: "I didn't care where I was from so long as it was someplace else" Garrison Keillor. See Usage Note at everyplace. Special by Patricia McKissack Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Atheneum ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um n. 1. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning. 2. A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading. Books for Young Readers (An Anne Schwartz Book), September 2001, $16.00, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-689-81885-8, Ages 4-8. In times like today, where young African American children can not image being denied entry into McDonalds, Red Lobster, or Pizza Hut, we need a story and visual aid to teach the lessons of the past. Hurtful signs and painful comments are overcome by Tricia Ann as she makes her way to one of the only places in the city that welcomes her with open arms: the public library. Prepared and fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. by her grandmother, she ventures outside her community for the first time. Sitting in the back of the bus behind the Jim Crow sign this young girl's full of love, pride, and respect. Remembering her grandmothers words "You are somebody, a human - no better, no worse than anybody else in this world" Tricia Ann now the adult Patricia McKissack was able to heal and chronicle an aspect of an aspect of her personal journey from a childhood in Nashville. Jerry Pinkney, four-time Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. winner, works magic in watercolor illustrations. Each page has soft portraits of this young African American girl as she braves the indignities and obstacles of the 1950s. His technique of sketching pencil illustrations and then transferring the design to watercolor, adding a mix of shades and jewel-like colors makes Jerry Pinkney's work distinctive. Pinkney's attention to detail and McKissack's remembrance will certainly help our children to begin understand growing up in the segregated South. Khafre Abif is the Director of the Children's Defense Fund The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a national organization that is committed to the social Welfare of children. Founded in 1973, the nonprofit group uses its annual $9 million budget to lobby legislators and to speak out publicly on a broad array of issues on the law, the family, and Langston Hughes Library in Clinton, Tennessee. |
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