Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack

“It was the same way with my children-and now my grandchildren. Just three weeks ago, she spoke with Chapter 16 via telephone about this acclaimed collection: “I grew up in a family where the oral tradition was very strong,” she said. Earlier this year she published Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, & Stories from an African American Childhood, an exuberant collection of African American childhood folklore, which mined the memories of the music, stories, poetry, and rhythms of her own childhood and which Fredrick had assisted in researching before his death in 2013.

McKissack, alone and with her late husband, Fredrick McKissack, published over 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children of all ages, including picture books, biographies, story collections, and beginning readers. Born in Smyrna, Tennessee, and raised in Nashville, she was 72. McKissack died near her home in Chesterfield, Missouri, on April 7. GradeSaver, 23 August 2018 Web.Beloved award-winning children’s-book author and master storyteller Patricia C. Next Section Character List Previous Section About Goin' Someplace Special How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous 'Goin’ Someplace Special Summary'. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Tricia learns that in the eyes of the library, all people are equal, as Mama Frances taught her. She's embarrassed and disappointed, but then, she realizes that she has found her destination-the special place where the pain of racism goes away for a while: Nashville Public Library. Then Tricia accidentally walks into the wrong building, she accidentally offends the white people inside, and they yell at her and kick her out. The best seats around town have signs that read, 'For Whites Only,' but a street vendor tells her to stay positive. The bus has a Jim Crow sign telling Tricia to sit in the back, but a lovely stranger tells the young girl to walk proudly no matter what. She leaves Mama Frances behind and travels downtown, in search of her special place. When she learns that there is a special place where everyone is welcomed, regardless of skin color, she's thrilled, and she even agrees to go alone if she has too. Tricia Ann is a young girl in Nashville during the 1950's, a time of notable racism. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

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Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack