Christmas in the Big House / Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C Mckissack

Christmas in the Big House / Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C Mckissack

A lonely pet fish longs to know what exists in the world beyond her bowl. I wish I could see over there / Behind the wall, / Behind the chair. She imagines a giant tree, a wooly goat and a purple sea.

She wonders if there could be someone out there who looks like her, so she leans close to the glass and hears some fish-like cries! Hello? Is someone there? she hears. Are you a bird? / Are you a bee? Or are you a fish with fins like me? She realizes there's another fish close by and his name is Mike!

When Mike asks what her world is like, the amazing watercolor fish has a great idea. I'll show Mike what I think could be! Using watercolors, she paints a picture of a world with trees and swirling rainbows. Every day she paints more, birds that swim, / ships with wings, / and books that do all sorts of things! Then Mike uses his paint to illustrate more than just the water and the door.

In this fun, bilingual picture book with a lyrical Spanish translation by former Texas Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla, two pet fish imagine a beautiful, mysterious world beyond their bowls. Children ages 4-8 will love following the progression of Carolyn Dee Flores' gorgeous illustrations from black and white to full color as the fish become friends. Kids will be inspired to imagine¬‚¬and maybe even paint or write about¬‚¬a world beyond the one they know.

Patricia and Fredrick McKissack are the authors of numerous award-winning books, including REBELS AGAINST SLAVERY: AMERICAN SLAVE REVOLTS and BLACK HANDS, WHITE SAILS: THE STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WHALERS, both Coretta Scott King Honor Books, and SOJOURNER TRUTH: AIN'T I A WOMAN? a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Patricia and Fredrick McKissack live in St. Louis, Missouri. John McKissack resides in Memphis, Tennessee.

Patricia C.and Fredrick L. McKissack are the authors of numerous and acclaimed books, including REBELS AGAINST SLAVERY: AMERICAN SLAVE REVOLTS and BLACK HAND, WHITE SAILS: THE STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WHALERS, both CSK Honor Books. They have also collaborated on SOJOURNER TRUTH: AIN'T I A WOMAN?, a CSK Honor Book, winner of an NAACP Image Award, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. For the first time this husband-wife team invites their grown son, John McKissack, a mechanical engineer, to join them as a technical advisor in the creation of this new series.

The elder McKissacks live in St. Louis, MO. John lives in Memphis, TN with his wife, Michelle, and three sons, John, Everett and Peter.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780590430272
ISBN 10	0590430270
Title	Christmas in the Big House / Christmas in the Quarters
Author	Patricia Mckissack
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Scholastic US
Year published	1994-10-01
Number of pages	80
Prizes	Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 1995
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.