The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

by Patricia C. McKissack, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)

Overview

A collection of ten spine-tingling tales, all with a foundation in African-American culture and history from the time of slavery through the civil rights era. A Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Award Winner and a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. B&W illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679890065
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	01/08/2001
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 7.63(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	730L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Patricia C. McKissack (1944–2017) was an award-winning author who came from a family of skilled storytellers who taught her to listen and observe and who encouraged her lifelong love affair with words. The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural was a 1993 Newbery Honor Book, and Pat received the Coretta Scott King Author Award for it. She also frequently collaborated on books with her husband, Fredrick.

Pat wished she could have talked to her hero, Frederick Douglass, about his rise from slavery, his daring escape, and freedom—at last! If she had not been an author, she would have liked to have been an interior designer or an architect so she could have told stories through design.

Editorial Reviews

"Skillfully developed and sustained to the very end. Pinkney's stark scratchboard illustrations evoke an eerie mood, which heightens the suspense of each tale.... A stellar collection."—School Library Journal, starred review

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