Goin' Someplace Special Explained

Goin' Someplace Special
Author:Pat Mckissack
Illustrator:Jerry Pinkney
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Children's literature, picture book
Published:2001 (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Media Type:Print (hardback)
Pages:32 (unpaginated)
Isbn:9780689818851
Oclc:43050147

Goin' Someplace Special is a 2001 children's book by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a young African American girl, Tricia Ann, who goes to the public library by herself during the time of the Jim Crow laws.

Reception

Common Sense Media, in a review of Goin' Someplace Special, wrote "The text and artwork here works beautifully together to tell a straightforward story with emotional depth and a strong message."[1]

School Library Journal called it "A thought-provoking story for group sharing and independent readers." The Horn Book Magazine wrote "McKissack and Pinkney strike just the right balance in a picture book for young readers and listeners: informative without being preachy; hopeful without being sentimental."[2]

Goin' Someplace Special has also been reviewed by Booklist,[3] BookPage,[2] Publishers Weekly,[4] Teaching Librarian,[5] Black Issues Book Review,[6] and Library Talk.[7]

It has also been used for studying children's literature.[8]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goin' Someplace Special . www.commonsensemedia.org . Common Sense Media Inc . January 15, 2017.
  2. Web site: Goin' Someplace Special: Reviews . catalog.wccls.org . January 15, 2017.
  3. Web site: Goin' Someplace Special . Denise Wilms . "This book carries a strong message of pride and self-confidence as well as a pointed history lesson. It is also a beautiful tribute to the libraries that were ahead of their time." . Buffalo and Erie County Public Library . January 15, 2017 . January 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116192401/https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/1128178/Reviews#tabnav . dead .
  4. Web site: Goin' Someplace Special . August 6, 2001 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. January 15, 2017.
  5. Goin' Someplace Special . Martha Martin. Teaching Librarian . January 2008. Ontario Library Association . 15 . 2 . 58 . January 15, 2017.
  6. Goin' Someplace Special . Khafre Abif. Black Issues Book Review . November 2001. Ontario Library Association . 3 . 6 . 76 . January 15, 2017.
  7. Goin' Someplace Special (Book) . Ann Bryan Nelson. Library Talk . March 2002. 15 . 2 . 44 . January 15, 2017.
  8. Web site: UCLA Department of Information Studies IS 234: Contemporary Children's Literature . 2004 . gseis.ucla.edu . University of California, Los Angeles . January 15, 2017.
  9. Web site: Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present . ala.org . 5 April 2012 . American Library Association . January 15, 2017.
  10. Web site: 2002 Notable Children's Books: Younger Readers . American Library Association . January 15, 2017.
  11. Web site: Texas Bluebonnet Award Voting 2004 Official Statistics . txla.org . Texas Library Association . January 15, 2017 . June 15, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615032717/http://www.txla.org/sites/tla/files/groups/tba/VoteStatistics%202004.pdf . dead .

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