Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack is illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. In this story a young African-American woman is going someplace special and she will need confidence to overcome the indignities of the Jim Crow laws of the 1950's. There is one place she can go and it holds the message that she loves to read. The message is chiseled in the stone across the front of the building...Public Library: All Are Welcome.
The author's simple text is very well complimented by the eye-catching illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. His beautifully expressive watercolor artwork helps to take readers back to the hurtful and unfair world of the 1950's segregated south.
Jerry Pinkney is a very honored and talented individual. He has been awarded 5 Caldecott Honor Awards, 5 Coretta Scott King Awards, and in 2006 he was given the New York Times Best Illustrated Award for Little Red Hen. Other books that have illustrated by Jerry Pinkney include: The Little Match Girl by Hans-Christian Andersen, Back Home By Gloria Pinkney, The Old African by Julius Lester, The Song of the Trees by Mildred Tayler, and many more.
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