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

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2011-10-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307554236

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, but Santa Claus brings gifts only once in a while. That’s because it’s the Depression and Nella’s family is poor. Even so, Nella’s hoping that this year she and her two sisters will get a beautiful Baby Betty doll. On Christmas morning, the girls are beside themselves with excitement! There is Baby Betty, in all her eyelash-fluttering magnificence. “Mine!” Nella shouts, and claims the doll for herself. But soon she discovers that Baby Betty isn’t nearly as much fun as her sisters. Would it be more fun to share this very best gift with them after all?

The Ostrich Girl

The Ostrich Girl
Author: Ray Prather
Publisher: New York : Scribner
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1978
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Goaded by the taunts of the village children, a youngster runs deep into the jungle searching for her real mother--an ostrich.

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Mirandy and Brother Wind
Author: Patricia McKissack
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2013-06-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307974650

Illus. in full color."Mirandy is sure she'll win the cake walk if she can catch Brother Wind for her partner, but he eludes all the tricks her friends advise. This gets a high score for plot, pace, and characterization. Mirandy sparkles with energy and determination. Multi-hued watercolors fill the pages with patterned ferment. A treat to pass on to new generations."--(starred) Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. Cassette running time: 20 min.

Visiting Day

Visiting Day
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0147516080

A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.

The Animals' Merry Christmas

The Animals' Merry Christmas
Author: Kathryn Jackson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 41
Release: 1950
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780001382220

Golden Books is proud to reissue this beloved Christmas collection, chock-full of funny animal stories and poems. This oversize format features Scarry's earlier, more painterly style and makes a perfect gift. A true holiday treat for Scarry fans! "From the Hardcover edition."

The Cot in the Living Room

The Cot in the Living Room
Author: Hilda Eunice Burgos
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 059311048X

A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work overnight shifts in this honest and warm picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be. With charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos and whimsical illustrations by Gaby D'Alessandro, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.

Mim's Christmas Jam

Mim's Christmas Jam
Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher: Gulliver Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2001-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152019181

When Pap goes away to build the New York City subway in 1915, his family sends him Mother's special jam which works magic in returning him home to celebrate Christmas.

Never Forgotten

Never Forgotten
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2011-10-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375983872

A 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book 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 a lyrical story-in-verse is about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his father who is left behind to mourn the loss of his son. Here's a beautiful, powerful, truly unforgettable story about family, memory, and freedom. "Forceful and iconic," raves Publishers Weekly in a starred review.

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

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.