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Mirandy and Brother Wind

by McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017,

Format: Print Book 1996
Availability: Available at 2 Libraries 3 of 3 copies

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Summary
"Each page sparkles with life."- The New York Times Book Review

In this Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning tale, Mirandy is determined to capture the best partner for the junior cakewalk jubilee. And who is the best partner? The wind, of course!

Grandmama Beasley says, "Can't nobody put shackles on Brother Wind, chile. He be special. He be free." With neighbors up and down Ridgetop suggesting all manner of strategies, and friend Ezel laughing at each foiled one, Mirandy grows ever more determined- she'll get hold of that Brother Wind yet!
Patricia C. McKissack's thoroughly engaging tale dances with spirit and rollicking good humor. Complemented by Jerry Pinkney's rich, eye-catching watercolors of the rural South, here's one of those rare, rewarding picture books that is sure to be read and enjoyed again and again.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Gr. 1-3. Mirandy's effort to capture the wind to help her win the cakewalk contest is set in a small southern town at the turn of the century."
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "As a prefatory note explains, this picture book was inspired by a photo of the author's grandparents winning a cakewalk``a dance rooted in Afro-American culture''and her grandfather's boast that, in her dancing, his wife had captured the wind. In the book, Mirandy determines to catch Brother Wind and have him for her partner in the upcoming junior cakewalk. She tries a number of tactics springing from folk wisdom, and finally succeeds in trapping her prey in the barn. At the contest, Mirandy chooses to dance with her friend Ezelbut, with Brother Wind to do her bidding, the two friends win the cakewalk in style. Told in spirited dialect and rendered in lavish, sweeping watercolors, this provides an intriguing look at a time gone by. As a story, however, it proves somewhat disappointing. After the colorful description of cakewalking in the author's note and the anticipation created through Mirandy's own eagerness, the brief and rather static scenes portraying the dance itself are a letdown. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
Subjects Dance -- Fiction.
Winds -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Publisher New York :Knopf :1996
Distributed by Random House,
Edition 1st Dragonfly Books ed.
Contributors Pinkney, Jerry, illustrator.
Language English
Notes "Dragonfly books."
Awards Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1989
Caldecott Honor Book, 1989
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN 9780679883333
0679883339
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