byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stret...
A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.
Brothers Tank and Jim...
byPatricia McKissack,Arlene Zarembka
The U.S. Constitution is the world's oldest written constitution. It has lasted so long because of its flexibility and because of the checks and balances provid...
byPatricia McKissack,Frederick McKissack
The thrilling graphic biography of the unforgettable Nat Love, from acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., is now in paperback! ...
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
This 1993 Coretta Scott King Honor Book chronicles the life of African-American Sojourner Truth, a nineteenth-century preacher, abolitionist, and activist for t...
byPatricia Mckissack,John Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
The Cyborg Wars are over and Earth has peacefully prospered for more than one hundred years. Yet sometimes history must repeat itself until humanity learns fro...
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack,John Mckissack
Seventeen-Year-Old Houston, a cyborg since the age of seven, and a fugitive living on the moon, joins with other cyborgs all over the world in non-violent prote...
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
Traces the life and advancements of the Bethune who fought bigotry and sought equality for blacks in the areas of education and political rights....
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
Here is the remarkable story of the first African-American woman to open a play, A Raisin in the Sun, on Broadway....
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
In this spirit-stirring journey, illustrated with stunning black-and-white photos, the McKissacks draw from slave narratives, letters, and diaries to document t...
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
byFredrick Mckissack,Patricia Mckissack
Simple text on a variety of insects introduce the numbers one through five. ...
byFredrick Mckissack,Patricia Mckissack
From one of today's most distinguished author teams comes a meticulously researched, exciting chronicle of the unsung heroes in the war against slavery....
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
The McKissacks tell the story of brave black sailors such as Paul Cuffe, Lewis Temple, and Frederick Douglass, and their part in the whaling industry and abolit...
byPatricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
In this rich and unique collection, Tennessee history is made real in stories which children love to read or hear. Drawn from different historical periods and ...