Goin' Someplace Special

Goin' Someplace Special is a 2001 children's book by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a young African American girl, Tricia Ann, who goes to the public library by herself during the time of the Jim Crow laws.

Goin' Someplace Special
AuthorPat Mckissack
IllustratorJerry Pinkney
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature, picture book
Published2001 (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780689818851
OCLC43050147

Reception

Common Sense Media, in a review of Goin' Someplace Special, wrote "The text and artwork here works beautifully together to tell a straightforward story with emotional depth and a strong message."[1]

School Library Journal called it "A thought-provoking story for group sharing and independent readers."[2] The Horn Book Magazine wrote "McKissack and Pinkney strike just the right balance in a picture book for young readers and listeners: informative without being preachy; hopeful without being sentimental."[2]

Goin' Someplace Special has also been reviewed by Booklist,[3] BookPage,[2] Publishers Weekly,[4] Teaching Librarian,[5] Black Issues Book Review,[6] and Library Talk.[7]

It has also been used for studying children's literature.[8]

Awards
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References
  1. "Goin' Someplace Special". www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. "Goin' Someplace Special: Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  3. Denise Wilms. "Goin' Someplace Special". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved January 15, 2017. This book carries a strong message of pride and self-confidence as well as a pointed history lesson. It is also a beautiful tribute to the libraries that were ahead of their time.
  4. "Goin' Someplace Special". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. August 6, 2001. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  5. Martha Martin (January 2008). "Goin' Someplace Special". Teaching Librarian. Ontario Library Association. 15 (2): 58. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  6. Khafre Abif (November 2001). "Goin' Someplace Special". Black Issues Book Review. Ontario Library Association. 3 (6): 76. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  7. Ann Bryan Nelson (March 2002). "Goin' Someplace Special (Book)". Library Talk. 15 (2): 44. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  8. "UCLA Department of Information Studies IS 234: Contemporary Children's Literature". gseis.ucla.edu. University of California, Los Angeles. 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  9. "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present". ala.org. American Library Association. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  10. "2002 Notable Children's Books: Younger Readers". American Library Association. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  11. "Texas Bluebonnet Award Voting 2004 Official Statistics" (PDF). txla.org. Texas Library Association. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
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