Best Selling Books by Pat McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 2002

Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

Country Mouse and City Mouse

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

An easy-to-read retelling of the well-known fable about two mice and the discovery they make.

Who is Who?

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack

Even though Bobby and Johnny are twins, they often like opposite things. Includes a word list.

Mary McLeod Bethune

release date: Jan 01, 1992

Traces the life and achievements of the black educator who fought bigotry and sought equality for blacks in the areas of education and political rights.

God Made Something Wonderful

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 1989

Discusses, in simple text and illustrations, the meaning of life and death and God''s promise of eternal life.

Messy Bessey

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Bessey finally cleans up her messy room.

Messy Bessey's Garden

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 2002

Messy Bessey discovers that with proper care her garden will flourish.

When Do You Talk to God?

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight

release date: Jan 01, 2001

Messy Bessey shows herself to be a true friend and a good guest when she helps to clean up after a messy birthday sleepover.

Days of Jubilee

release date: Jan 01, 2003

Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

Bugs!

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 1988

Simple text and illustrations of a variety of insects introduce the numbers one through five.

Red-tail Angels

release date: Jan 01, 1995

A history of African American pilots with a focus on World War II.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

by: Patricia McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 2001

Presents the life of civil rights worker, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, devoted to working for racial equality for African Americans.

African-American Inventors

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Presents stories of remarkable men and women who have produced inventions that made major contributions to a wide range of fields.

Messy Bessey's School Desk

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 1998

When Messy Bessey starts to clean up her desk at school, she inspires the rest of the class to clean up the entire room.

Amistad

by: Pat McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 2005

This book describes the historical account of the "Amistad" and the freeing of Africans who had been kidnapped in the 1830s.

African-American Scientists

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Examines the lives and achievements of African-American scientists from colonial days to the present, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and several black astronauts.

Booker T. Washington

by: Patricia McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 2001

Highlights the life of this great man, who went from being a slave to a teacher and an American icon.

Langston Hughes

by: Patricia C. McKissack, Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

release date: Jan 01, 2002