Mirandy and Brother Wind
$21.30
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
15 February 1997
Summary
“Each page sparkles with life.” -The New York Times Book Review
In this Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning tale, Mirandy is determined to capture the best partner for the junior cakewalk jubilee. And who is the best partner? The wind, of course!
Grandmama Beasley says, “Can’t nobody put shackles on Brother Wind, chile. He be special. He be free.”
With neighbors up and down Ridgetop suggesting all manner of strategies, and friend Ezel laughing at each …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679883333 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679883339 |
| Author: | Patricia McKissack, Jerry Pinkney |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 1997 |
| Weight: | 162g |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 227mm x 3mm |
| Series: | Caldecott Honor Books |
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About The Author
Patricia McKissack
PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children’s books, including The Dark Thirty- Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey- The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.
JERRY PINKNEY was one of America’s most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The Little Red Hen, The Little Match Girl, and The Lion & The Mouse.
His family includes a number of acclaimed children’s book creators- his son, artist Brian Pinkney; his daughter-in-law, author and children’s book editor Andrea Davis Pinkney; and his granddaughter, author-illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.
Jerry Pinkney passed away on October 20, 2021 at the age of 81.
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