Mirandy and Brother Wind

Patricia McKissack, Jerry Pinkney

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Random House Inc
07 February 1990

General fiction (Children's&YA)

The Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning classic is back in a beautiful reissue.

Illus. in full color.""Mirandy is sure she'll win the cake walk if she can catch Brother Wind for her partner, but he eludes all the tricks her friends advise. This gets a high score for plot, pace, and characterization. Mirandy sparkles with energy and determination. Multi-hued watercolors fill the pages with patterned ferment. A treat to pass on to new generations.""--(starred) Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.

Cassette running time- 20 min.

By: Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by: Jerry Pinkney
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 286mm, Width: 238mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9780394887654
ISBN 10: 0394887654
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 07 February 1990
Recommended Age: 2-12
Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , English as a second language , Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Award winning author Patricia McKissack comes from a family of skilled storytellers, who taught her to listen and observe and who encouraged her life-long love affair with words.The Dark Thirty- Southern Tales of the Supernatural was a 1993 Newbery Honor Book.Pat also received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1993 for The Dark Thirty.Pat wishes she could have talked to her hero, Frederick Douglass, about his rise from slavery, his daring escape, and freedom -- at last!If she was not an author, Pat would like to be an interior designer or an architect so she could tell stories through design. Pat frequently collaborates on books with her husband, Fredrick.They have three sons and live in St. Louis, Missouri.