Ma Dear's Aprons by Patricia C. McKissack

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. Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Awardwinning 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. 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.

Louis, Missouri.įloyd 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, Meet Danitra Brown, and I Have Heard of a Land. Set in the turn-of-the-century South, Little David Earl knows exactly what day of the week it is by the color of his mother's aprons. 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. Aprons McKissack, a Newbery Honor author, shares the real-life story of her own grandmother, accompanied by full-color illustrations from an award-winning artist. In their first collaboration, Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and award-winninng illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life as it was for a single African-American mother and her son.Patricia C. Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Awardwinning 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. 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. 3.0 1 Rating 8.99 8.99 Publisher Description. Tuesday is ironing, in a sunshine yellow apron that brightens Ma's spirits. Monday means washing, with Ma Dear scrubbing at her tub in a blue apron. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing - a different color for every day.

Annotation: Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. McKissack - Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Awardwinning illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly re.

Ma Dear's Aprons by Patricia C. McKissack