Best Selling Books by Pat McKissack

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

After teasing his friends about their fears during a camping trip, Christopher discovers one of his own.

An easy-to-read retelling of the fairy tale about three clever goats and a nasty troll.

Recounts the life of the author and civil rights leader who blazed a trail for racial equality and human rights through his songs, poems, speeches, and other writings.

The moving story of the courage and solidarity that helped shape the history of African Americans explains how the actions of the train workers fraternity helped change the way of labor and the civil rights movement in this country. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Reprint.

During the Depression in the Louisiana bayou, a curious young girl helps the "Swamp Ghost" that her cousins warned her about and finds herself with one good friend.

Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and day-to-day life of the Apache people of the Southwest.

Traces the life of the African American educator and leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute.

When Farmer McQuick receives a mysterious package, Simon Rooster doesn''t feel needed anymore. Now Simon must find a way to show Farmer McQuick that only a rooster can do a rooster''s job.

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.

With only five more days of school remaining before summer vacation, nine-year-old Miami still faces several hurdles, such as how to get along with Destinee Tate, his nemesis.

A greedy hyena''s mean tricks on Monkey-Monkey eventually backfire when his victim finds out how he is being deceived.

Nobody calls Miami by his full name, Michael Andrew. Nobody except his brand-new teacher, Ms. Amerita Spraggins. Miami can’t stand her. Can he stick it out, or is it time for him to be moving on to a brand-new class?

Carolyn will do anything to prove she''s loved best.

AMERICA WAS FOUNDED on the idea of liberty for all. But it has not always achieved that ideal. "To Establish Justice" is an honest and powerful examination of the Supreme Court''s role in legalizing--or negating--civil rights for various groups. From the struggles of Native Americans at the country''s birth to the African American civil rights movement of the 1960s, from the vote for women to the internment of the Japanese during World War II, "To Establish Justice" shows how the Supreme Court has paved the way for both justice and discrimination, and how this important arm of our government has impacted all of our lives. "From the Hardcover edition."

Marian Anderson, a world-renowned concert singer, was the first African-American soloist to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Readers will love the story of this exceptional talent.

Recounts the life of the black educator, from her childhood in the cotton fields of South Carolina to her success as teacher, crusader, and presidential adviser.

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

Brought up in France as the African slave companion of a nobleman''s daughter, thirteen-year-old Zettie records the events of 1763, when she and her mistress escape to the New World where they are inadvertently drawn into the hostilities of the ongoing French and Indian War and, eventually, find a new direction to their lives.

An easy-to-read retelling of the encounter a family of bears has with a tired and hungry little girl.

The big bugs have fun with all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z.

Simple retellings of the Gospels with songs and prayers present the Easter story, from Jesus'' triumphant entry into Jerusalem through his passion and resurrection to his appearance to his disciples.

Despite many setbacks, a little girl is determined to learn to ride a bicycle.

A biography of the wildly popular rock musician who is "painfully shy" in his private life.

Miami Jackson and his strict new fourth grade teacher, Miss Spraggins, get off to such a bad start that Miami is determined to transfer out of her class, even if it means leaving his friends behind.

Multimedia materials to assist students in the study of Flossie & the fox, a story about a wily fox who, upon meeting a bold little girl in the woods, must provide proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened.

What do you do if the neighborhood bully keeps pushing you around? Chip and his friends think the way to win is to push back, but Chip''s father teaches his son what it is to be a real winner.

Tall Phil and Small Bill, who live very different lives, face some hectic but humorous adventures when each visits the other''s home for a day

Christopher learns about gifts and giving.

Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.