Best Selling Books by Pat McKissack

An easy-to-read retelling of the fairy tale about three clever goats and a nasty troll.

Recounts the life of the author and civil rights leader who blazed a trail for racial equality and human rights through his songs, poems, speeches, and other writings.

"A simple biography for early readers about Louis Armstrong''s life"--Provided by publisher.

In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a cyborg, tells his story. Houston must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe, where the government uses laws to torment its citizens, especially cyborgs.

"A simple biography for early readers about Marian Anderson''s life"--Provided by publisher.

In a triumphant celebration of the human spirit, here are 12 favorites from the Old Testament. Each breathtaking illustration adds exquisite clarity. Full-color illustrations.

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate.

Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and day-to-day life of the Apache people of the Southwest.

Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

During the Depression in the Louisiana bayou, a curious young girl helps the "Swamp Ghost" that her cousins warned her about and finds herself with one good friend.

When Farmer McQuick receives a mysterious package, Simon Rooster doesn''t feel needed anymore. Now Simon must find a way to show Farmer McQuick that only a rooster can do a rooster''s job.

With only five more days of school remaining before summer vacation, nine-year-old Miami still faces several hurdles, such as how to get along with Destinee Tate, his nemesis.

A greedy hyena''s mean tricks on Monkey-Monkey eventually backfire when his victim finds out how he is being deceived.

Even though Beto and Juanito are twins, they often like opposite things. Includes a word list.

Carolyn will do anything to prove she''s loved best.

Nobody calls Miami by his full name, Michael Andrew. Nobody except his brand-new teacher, Ms. Amerita Spraggins. Miami can’t stand her. Can he stick it out, or is it time for him to be moving on to a brand-new class?

An easy-to-read retelling of the encounter a family of bears has with a tired and hungry little girl.

Recounts the life of the black educator, from her childhood in the cotton fields of South Carolina to her success as teacher, crusader, and presidential adviser.

When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spider Monkey Island.

When Messy Bessey starts to clean up her desk at school, she inspires the rest of the class to clean up the entire room.

Brought up in France as the African slave companion of a nobleman''s daughter, thirteen-year-old Zettie records the events of 1763, when she and her mistress escape to the New World where they are inadvertently drawn into the hostilities of the ongoing French and Indian War and, eventually, find a new direction to their lives.

After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it''s not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either.

The big bugs have fun with all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z.

Simple retellings of the Gospels with songs and prayers present the Easter story, from Jesus'' triumphant entry into Jerusalem through his passion and resurrection to his appearance to his disciples.

Despite many setbacks, a little girl is determined to learn to ride a bicycle.

What do you do if the neighborhood bully keeps pushing you around? Chip and his friends think the way to win is to push back, but Chip''s father teaches his son what it is to be a real winner.

A biography of the wildly popular rock musician who is "painfully shy" in his private life.

Miami Jackson and his strict new fourth grade teacher, Miss Spraggins, get off to such a bad start that Miami is determined to transfer out of her class, even if it means leaving his friends behind.

Multimedia materials to assist students in the study of Flossie & the fox, a story about a wily fox who, upon meeting a bold little girl in the woods, must provide proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened.

Tall Phil and Small Bill, who live very different lives, face some hectic but humorous adventures when each visits the other''s home for a day

To win first prize in the junior cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.