Best Selling Books by Patricia C. McKissack

Clotee is a slave in a Virginia plantation. To her, freedom is the greatest word in the world. In the slave quarters, people pray for freedom, or as they call it ''heaven''. But when will it come?

All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about repetitive text, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories.

Messy Bessey learns a lesson about sharing when she cleans out her closet.

Bessey finally cleans up her messy room. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

This excellent beginning-to-read series will score easily with early readers.