Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

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  • Bibliography:
    62 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1983
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Full Series List in Order

The Clone Codes

1 - The Clone Codes (Feb-2010)
2 - Cyborg (Feb-2011)

Messy Bessey

1 - Messy Bessey (Jan-2004)
2 - Messy Bessey's Closet (Nov-1989)
3 - Messy Bessey's Garden ()
4 - Messy Bessey's School Desk (Apr-1998)
5 - Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight ()
6 - Messy Bessey's Holidays ()
7 - Messy Bessey's Family Reunion ()

Miami Jackson

1 - Miami Gets it Straight ()
2 - Miami Makes the Play ()
3 - Miami Sees it Through ()

Scraps of Time

1 - Abby Takes a Stand (2007)
2 - Away West ()
3 - A Song for Harlem ()
4 - The Home-Run King (Jan-2009)

Multi-Author Series List

Dear America

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 (Mar-1997)
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 (Apr-2000)
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 (Apr-2004)

The Royal Diaries

6 - Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba (Sep-2000)

Book List in Order: 62 titles

  • Who Is Who?

  • Country Mouse and City Mouse

  • The Little Red Hen

  • The Ugly Little Duck

  • Flossie and the Fox

  • Who Is Coming?

  • Three Billy Goats Gruff

  • Constance Stumbles

  • Mirandy and Brother Wind

    “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...



  • Monkey-Monkey's Trick

    Illus. in full color. "Based on an African folk tale, [this] will appeal to both readers and listeners. Disguising himself as an Ugly Monster, Hyena has the upper hand until Monkey-Monkey learns that he has been tricked. Watercolor-and-pen illustrati...

  • Nettie Jo's Friends

    Illus. in full color. While searching for a sewing needle to make her doll a new dress, "Nettie Jo helps Miz Rabbit unflop her ears, Fox get the sun out of his eyes, and Panther stop his sneezing. The trio turns up on her doorstep, with a needle as a...

  • Messy Bessey's Closet

    Messy Bessey - 2
    Rookie Readers

    A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

    Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features...

  • Piece of the Wind

    A collection of stories intended to be told, drawn from a variety of traditions including European, African, and contemporary American. Includes tips on such aspects of storytelling as voice patterns, body expression, and audience participation....

  • Black Diamond

  • Christmas in the Big House

  • A Million Fish...More or Less

    Newbery honor author Patricia C. McKissack’s original yarn of the Louisiana bayou is "told with verve and sly wit." (Publishers Weekly, Starred review)
     
    Hugh Thomas knows that the Bayou Clapateaux is a mighty peculiar place. Why, back in ...

  • Ma Dear's Aprons

    Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Award"winning illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life for a single black mother and her son in this sweet picture book.Little David Earl ...

  • A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859

    Dear America

    Day or two later Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom -- they sing 'bout freedom, but to keep Mas' Henley from knowin' their true feelings, they call freedom "heaven." Everybody'...

  • Run Away Home

    HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. It's 1888 in Alabama, and Sarah Jane has witnessed an escape. An Apache boy has jumped off a train headed for an Indian reservation -- and a life he doesn't want. Sarah Jane hopes he'll run far away. After all, people d...



  • Messy Bessey's School Desk

    Messy Bessey - 4
    Rookie Readers

    A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

    Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title...

  • Blank Diary

  • Dear America Stationery Set

    Girls will love writing to their friends and family with this inviting stationery set, which includes ten letter sheets, five note cards, and 15 envelopes. All items are collated and shrink-wrapped in a special portfolio....

  • Let My People Go

    In this extraordinary collection, Charlotte Jefferies and her father Price, a former slave, introduce us to twelve best loved Bible tales, from Genesis to Daniel, and reveal their significance in the lives of African Americans--and indeed of all oppr...

  • The Dark-Thirty

    This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award Winner from beloved author Patricia McKissack offers a “stellar collection” of “ten original stories, all with a foundation in African-American history or culture” (School Library Journal)....

  • The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

    "Tell the truth and shame the devil," Libby's mama has told her. So whatever is Libby doing wrong? Ever since she started telling only the truth, the whole world seems to be mad at her. First it's her best friend, Ruthie Mae, who gets upset when Libb...

  • Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919

    Dear America

    Twelveyearold Nellie Lee's family moves north to Chicago in hopes of escaping the racism of the rural south and taking advantage of the opportunities in the city, but instead they discover a new kind of prejudice within their own race....

  • Bugs!

    A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

    Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title...

  • Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba

    The Royal Diaries - 6

    First Month of Mbangala: The Season When the Grass is Burned So here I am in the garden, writing... if these words have magic, then I will use them to plot and plan a way to drive the Portuguese from our land. And maybe one day my pages will tell ot...

  • Miami Jackson Makes the Play

    AT LAST IT’S summer. Miami is more than ready for two weeks of baseball camp. No homework. No annoying sister. Best of all, no Destinee Tate. But Miami can’t escape Destinee. Turns out his best friend, String, invited her to Camp Atwater, too. An...



  • Goin' Someplace Special

    There's a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color...and 'Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it's someplace special and she's bursting to go by herself. When her grandmother sees that s...

  • Tippy Lemmey

    A New Dog in Town Tippy Lemmey is no ordinary dog. Not only is he the only dog Leandra, Paul, and Jeannie have ever met with a first and a last name, he's a living, breathing monster! When they ride their bikes, he chases them, snapping at th...

  • Itching and Twitching

    Newbery Honor author Patricia C. McKissack and Robert L. McKissack's humorous adaptation of a Nigerian folktale about Monkey and Rabbit who learn to be comfortable just being themselves.

    One evening, Monkey invited his friend Rabbit to dinner....

  • Messy Bessey

    Messy Bessey - 1
    Rookie Readers

    All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about rhymes, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the ...

  • Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763

    Dear America

    January 8, 1763 "You come when you are called. You stay where you are told. . . .You have no say in your life." I scoffed. Belle was just envious of the freedom I enjoyed. When I accused her of being jealous, Belle looked at me squarely in the fac...

  • Loved Best

    Who Is Loved Best? Because she's the oldest and can do the most, Carolyn is sure she is loved the best. But then she begins to have doubts: Her mom spoils her little sister when she's sick, her parents post her little brother's perfect math q...

  • Precious and the Boo Hag

    When Precious is left home alone with a stomachache, she's got nothing but a warning from Mama -- "Don't let nothing or nobody into this house" -- to keep her company. You see, "nothing or nobody" could turn out to be something awful: the Boo Hag! Th...

  • Where Crocodiles Have Wings

    Readers can journey to an unusual land where zebras play hockey and spiders dance amidst a magical environment filled with an eclectic array of wondrous things, enhanced with bright paper collages and full-color illustrations throughout....

  • Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship

    In Spanish, Amistad means friendship. It was also the name of a slave ship. In 1838, the Amistad took hundreds of kidnapped Africans on a long journey across the Atlantic, but the brave captives would not give up their freedom, taking over the ship s...

  • Porch Lies

    Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor"winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm. From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childho...



  • A Friendship for Today

    From highly acclaimed, award-winning author Patricia McKissack comes a powerful, poignant, and timely tale of segregation, family, and one surprising friendship.

    The year is 1954, the place is Missouri, and twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson i...

  • Abby Takes a Stand

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Scraps of Time - 1

    "A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.

    Why has their grandmother bothered keeping a menu from a restaurant that closed years ago, a restaurant that nev...

  • The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll

    Newbery Honor"winning author McKissack and Caldecott Medal"winning illustrator Pinkney have outdone themselves in this heart-warming picture book infused with humor and the true spirit of Christmas. Christmas always comes to Nella’s house...

  • Stitchin' and Pullin'

    MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns -- all the while stitchin’ and...

  • The Home-Run King

    Scraps of Time - 4

    A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.

    Brothers Tank and Jimbo Turner love sneaking into Nashville's Sulphur Dell Ballpark to watch the superstars of...

  • The Clone Codes

    The Clone Codes - 1

    In the year 2170 an underground abolitionist movement fights for the freedom of cyborgs and clones, who are treated no better than slaves The Cyborg Wars are over and Earth has peacefully prospered for more than one hundred years. Yet sometimes hi...

  • Cyborg

    The Clone Codes - 2

    In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a cyborg, tells his story. Set in the year 2130, The World Federation of Nations determines through laws and regulations that all enhanced persons with three or more synthetic body or organ replacements a...

  • Never Forgotten

    This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, this ly...

  • The Adventures of Deadwood Dick

    From acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. comes a thrilling biography of an unforgettable man told in compelling graphic novel form. Born into slavery in 1854, Nat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick, grew up to become ...

  • Ol' Clip-Clop

    Mounting his horse, cold-hearted John Leep smiles as he anticipates evicting the widow Mayes for nonpayment of rent. When she comes up with the rent after all, Leep, unwilling to be disappointed, knocks her coins to the floor and hides on of them in ...



  • Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!

    From Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney comes an extraordinary must-have collection of classic playtime favorites. This very special book is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African ...

  • Who Will Bell the Cat?

    A cat enters a barn and terrorizes a community of mice. Smart Mouse and Friend Mouse think they have solved the problem when they make a collar with a bell for the cat. But who will put the collar on the cat? Wee Mouse, Tiny Mouse, and Teeny Mouse ne...

  • What Is Given from the Heart

    This final, magnificent picture book from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack is a poignant and uplifting celebration of the joy of giving. "Misery loves company," Mama says to James Otis. It's b...

  • Best Shot in the West

    The thrilling graphic biography of the unforgettable Nat Love, from acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., is now in paperback! Born into slavery in 1854, Nat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick, grew up to become t...

  • Away West

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Scraps of Time - 2

    Unlike his older brothers, thirteen-year-old Everett was "born in freedom," never knowing life as a slave. His most prized possession is the medal his father earned in the Civil War. Now, more than 125 years later, that treasure is kept in the Webste...

  • Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Messy Bessey - 5
    Rookie Readers

    A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

    Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title...

  • Messy Bessey's Family Reunion

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Messy Bessey - 7
    Rookie Readers

    A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

    Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title...

  • Messy Bessey's Garden

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Messy Bessey - 3
    Rookie Readers

    All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about rhymes, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the ...

  • Messy Bessey's Holidays

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Messy Bessey - 6
    Rookie Readers

    A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

    Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title...

  • Miami Gets it Straight

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Miami Jackson - 1

    MIAMI JACKSON CAN’T wait for school to end. But who ever thought five days could be so long? His teacher is leaving for Ghana, his arch-enemy, Destinee Tate, is on his case, and now Miami’s keeping secrets from his best friend, String. Summer can...

  • Miami Makes the Play

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Miami Jackson - 2

  • Miami Sees it Through

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Miami Jackson - 3

    MIAMI’S CLASS HAS a brand-new teacher, no-nonsense Miss Amerita Spraggins. She’s a real tough lady. She insists on assigned seats. She hands out detentions like coupons. She even refuses to call kids by their nicknames. Miami can’t take a whole...

  • A Song for Harlem

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Scraps of Time - 3

    For Lilly Belle, ?the capital of Black America? is about as far from her hometown of Smyrna, Tennessee, as a twelve-year-old can get?maybe not in miles but certainly in mindset. Then a summer program for gifted young writers opens a whole new world f...

Award-Winning Books by Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
2007 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Recommended
The Dark-Thirty
1993 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author
Goin' Someplace Special
2001 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Gold
2002 Bookseller's Choice -- Picture Book
2002 Coretta Scott King Award -- Illustrator
Mirandy and Brother Wind
1989 Coretta Scott King Award -- Illustrator
Never Forgotten
2011 NAPPA Gold Award -- Tweens & Teens
2012 PEN Literary Award -- Children's Illustrated
2012 PEN Literary Award -- Kroll Award: Illustrated Children's Book
Ol' Clip-Clop
2015 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Picture Storybook
Porch Lies
2006 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Silver
Precious and the Boo Hag
2005 Alabama Camellia Award -- Grades K-1
2005 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) -- Silver


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack has published 62 books.

Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Best Shot in the West, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack, Who Is Who?, was published in September 1983.

Yes. Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack has 4 series.
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