| Ma Dear's Aprons Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia C. (Author), Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689810512 ISBN-13: 9780689810510 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: A Newbery Honor Book author and Coretta Scott King Honor Book illustrator join forces for this heartfelt collaboration. The pair movingly capture what life was like for a poor single mother and son in a time before washing machines, cars, and TV sets. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Daily Activities - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94048450 |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.86" W x 11.34" (0.93 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 17723 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life for a single black mother and her son in this sweet picture book. Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing, a different color for every day. Monday means washing, with Ma Dear scrubbing at her tub in a blue apron. Tuesday is ironing, in a sunshine yellow apron that brightens Ma's spirits. And so it goes until Sunday, when Ma Dear doesn't have to wear an apron and they can set aside some special no-work time, just for themselves. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Floyd: - Floyd Cooper received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper received a degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma and, after graduating, worked as an artist for a major greeting card company. In 1984 he came to New York City to pursue a career as an illustrator of books and now lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children.McKissack, Patricia C.: - Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including Goin' Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; The Dark-Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. |