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Books with author Fredrick L. McKissack

  • Mary McLeod Bethune

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Traces the life and achievements of the Black educator who fought bigotry and sought equality for Blacks in the areas of education and political rights
    U
  • George Washington Carver: Scientist and Inventor

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Enslow Elementary, Jan. 1, 2013)
    George Washington Carver spent his life asking questions and looking for the answers. He gained a reputation as the farmers' best friend after teaching about crop rotation. He told farmers to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes to "rest" their soil between cotton crops. And what could they do with all those peanuts? Carver developed more than 300 peanut-based products—from milk to printers' ink—and more than 100 ways to use sweet potatoes. Young children love the story of this exceptional inventor.
    S
  • Sojourner Truth: A Voice for Freedom

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.
    N
  • Frederick Douglass the Black Lion

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, June 1, 1987)
    None
  • Martin Luther King, Jr: Man of Peace

    Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, April 16, 1991)
    Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the revered civil rights pioneer.
  • The Story of Booker T. Washington

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Traces the life of the African American educator and leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute.
    W
  • A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. McKissack

    Patricia C. McKissack;Fredrick L. McKissack

    Hardcover (Walker & Company, March 15, 1750)
    None
  • God Makes All Things New

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Ching

    Paperback (Augsburg Fortress Pub, June 1, 1993)
    Discusses, in simple text and illustrations, the meaning of life and death and God's promise of eternal life.
  • God Made Something Wonderful

    Ching, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Augsburg Fortress Pub, )
    None
  • The Ugly Little Duck

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1986)
    An easy-to-read retelling of the fairy tale in which an ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan
    K
  • Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?

    Patricia McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack

    Library Binding (Scholastic, Nov. 1, 1992)
    A biography of the civil rights and women's rights activist discusses her life from her youth to her death and features photographs, profiles of her contemporaries, and more.
    V
  • The Big Bug Book of the Alphabet

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Milliken Pub Co, June 1, 1987)
    The big bugs have fun with all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z