Patricia C. McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl; Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North; and Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl. She also wrote a novel for The Royal Diaries series: Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba. Notable standalone works include Flossie & the Fox (1986), The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural (1992), and Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (1992). What is Given from the Heart was published posthumously in 2019.
Books
What Is Given from the Heart
2019
ISBN 9780375836152
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois ~ 1919
2000
ISBN 9780439529112
A Picture Of Freedom: The Diary Of Clotee, A Slave Girl
1997
ISBN 9780545414975
Messy Bessey's Garden
1991
ISBN 9780516224916
Marian Anderson
1991
ISBN 9780766016767
Miami Jackson Makes the Play
2001
ISBN 9780307265050
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts
1996
ISBN 9780613086301
A Picture of Freedom
1997
ISBN 9780590259880
Cinderella
1985
ISBN 9780516023618
King Midas and His Gold
1986
ISBN 9780516039848
Mirandy and Brother Wind
1988
ISBN 9780679883333
W.E.B. Dubois
1990
ISBN 9780531109397
George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist
1991
ISBN 9780766017009
The Dark-Thirty
1992
ISBN 9780590477352
Madam C. J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire
1992
ISBN 9780766041059
Jesse Owens: Olympic Star
1992
ISBN 9780894903120
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa
1993
ISBN 9780805016703
Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters
1994
ISBN 9780590430272
Goin' Someplace Special
2000
ISBN 9780689818851
Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States
2003
ISBN 9780590107648
Bessey la Desordenada Pasa una Noche de Cumpleaños / Messy Bessey & the Birthday
2004
ISBN 9780516246208
Let My People Go
2014
ISBN 9781481418997
Look What You'Ve Done Now Moses!
1984
ISBN 9780891918127
Messy Bessey
1987
ISBN 9780516226859