Mckissack, Patricia C(arwell)

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MCKISSACK, Patricia C(arwell)

MCKISSACK, Patricia C(arwell). Also writes as L'Ann Carwell. American, b. 1944. Genres: Children's fiction, Young adult fiction. Career: English teacher, junior high school, Kirkwood, Missouri, 1968-75; Forest Park College, St. Louis, MO, part-time instructor in English, 1975-85; Concordia Publishing, children's book editor, 1975-82; All-Writing Services, coowner, 1982-. Publications: FOR CHILDREN: (as L'Ann Carwell) Good Shepherd Prayer, 1978; (as L'Ann Carwell) God Gives New Life, 1979; Ask the Kids, 1979; Who Is Who?, 1983; Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man to Remember, 1984; Paul Lawrence Dunbar: A Poet to Remember, 1984; Michael Jackson, Superstar, 1984; The Apache, 1984; It's the Truth, Christopher, 1984; Lights Out, Christopher, 1984; Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great American Educator, 1985; Aztec Indians, 1985; The Inca, 1985; The Maya, 1985; Our Martin Luther King Book, 1986; Flossie and the Fox, 1986; Who Is Coming?, 1986; Give It with Love, Christopher, 1988; Speak Up, Christopher, 1988; A Troll in a Hole, 1988; Nettie Jo's Friends, 1988; Mirandy and Brother Wind, 1988; Jesse Jackson: A Biography, 1989; Monkey-Monkey's Trick, 1989; (with R. Kronberg) A Piece of the Wind and Other Stories to Tell, 1990; No Need for Alarm, 1990; A Million Fish-More or Less, 1992; The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, 1992; A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clottee, 1998; Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love 1919, 2000; The Honest-toGoodness Truth, 2000; Miami Gets It Straight, 2000. CHILDREN'S FICTION WITH F. McKISSACK: Look What You've Done Now, Moses, 1984; Abram, Abram, Where Are We Going?, 1984; Cinderella, 1985; Country Mouse and City Mouse, 1985; The Little Red Hen, 1985; The Three Bears, 1985; The Ugly Little Duck, 1986; When Do You Talk to God? Prayers for Small Children, 1986; King Midas and His Gold, 1986; A Real Winner, 1987; The King's New Clothes, 1987; Tall Phil and Small Bill, 1987; Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1987; My Bible ABC Book, 1987; All Paths Lead to Bethlehem, 1987; Messy Bessey, 1987; The Big Bug Book of Counting, 1987; The Big Bug Book of Opposites, 1987; The Big Bug Book of Places to Go, 1987; The Big Bug Book of the Alphabet, 1987; Bugs!, 1988; The Big Bug Book of Things to Do, 1987; The Children's ABC Christmas, 1988; Constance Stumbles, 1988; Oh, Happy, Happy Day! A Child's Easter in Story, Song, and Prayer, 1989; God Made Something Wonderful, 1989; Messy Bessey's Closet, 1990; Messy Bessey's Garden, 1991; From Heaven Above, 1992; God Makes All Things New, 1993; Messy Bessey's School Desk, 1998; Let My People Go: Bible Stories of Faith, Hope, and Love, 1998; Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight, 1998; Messy Bessey's Holidays, 1998; Messy Bessey's Family Reunion, 2000. NONFICTION WITH F. McKISSACK: Frederick Douglass: A Biography, 1986; Frederick Douglass: The Black Lion, 1987; The Civil Rights Movement in America from 1865 to the Present, 1987, 2nd ed., 1991; James Weldon Johnson: "Lift Every Voice and Sing," 1990; A Long Hard Journey, 1990; History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1990; Taking a Stand against Racism and Racial Discrimination, 1990; W.E.B. DuBois, 1990; The Story of Booker T. Washington, 1991; Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History, 1991; Frederick Douglass: Leader against Slavery, 1991; George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist, 1991; Ida B. Wells-Barnett: A Voice against Violence, 1991; Louis Armstrong: Jazz Musician, 1991; Marian Anderson: A Great Singer, 1991; Martin Luther King Jr.: Man of Peace, 1991; Mary Church Terrell: Leader for Equality, 1991; Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great Teacher, 1991; Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker, 1991; Jesse Owens, 1992; From Heaven Above, 1992; Langston Hughes, 1992; Sojourner Truth, 1992; Zora Neale Hurston: Writer and Storyteller, 1992; Satchel Paige, 1992; Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? 1992; Madam C.J. Walker: Self-Made Millionaire, 1992; Paul Robeson: A Voice to Remember, 1992; Booker T. Washington: Leader and Educator, 1992; Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters, 1994; The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa, 1994; African-American Scientists, 1994; Black Diamond, 1994; African-American Inventors, 1994; Red-tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, 1995; Rebels against Slavery, 1996; Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry, 1998; Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of Black Whalemen, 1999. Address: 14629 Timberlake Manor Court, Chesterfield, MO 63017, U.S.A.

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