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Patricia C. McKissack

PATRICIA MCKISSACK is one of the most acclaimed authors writing for children today. She has written many award-winning books, including Never Forgotten, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book; Porch Lies, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; The Dark Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book; Let My People Go, recipient of the NAACP Image Award; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, a Caldecott Honor Book. Her other books include The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll, Goin' Someplace Special, and Precious and the Boo Hag. Patricia and her husband, Frederick McKissack, are the recipients of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

LEO and DIANE DILLON have illustrated over 60 books for children and have received just about every honor and award imaginable. They are the winners of two Caldecott Medals (Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears and Ashanti to Zulu), five New York Times Best Illustrated Awards (including one for the Knopf book, The People Could Fly), and numerous Coretta Scott King Awards.
Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship
What Is Given from the Heart
Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Never Forgotten

Books

Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship
What Is Given from the Heart
Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Never Forgotten

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