bestsellers
September 12, 2008
According to Barnes&Noble.com, these are their 10 top selling books authored by Patricia C. McKissack:
1. Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
2. Abby Takes a Stand (Scraps of Time Series (#1)
3. A Friendship For Today
4. Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman?
5. Goin’ Someplace Special
6. Mirandy and Brother Wind
7. Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship
8. Honest-to-Goodness Truth
9. Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
10. Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 (Dear America Series)
As an African American Educator, I see now that it’s time that we write our own stories. Far too long we have allowed others who are not apart of our ethnic and cultural heritage to write our history. A majority of the books Patricia McKissack authors are about Africans and African Americans which is a sad commentary on our part. I am more determined than ever to encourage my African American colleagues and students to take up the mission of writing and publishing authentic work about our people.