What Is Given from the Heart -- Patricia C. McKissack - Hardcover
Misery loves company, Mama says to James Otis. It's been a rough couple of months for them, but Mama says as long as they have their health and strength, they're blessed. One Sunday before Valentine's Day, Reverend Dennis makes an announcement during the service-- the Temples have lost everything in a fire, and the church is collecting anything that might be useful to them. James thinks hard about what he can add to the Temple's love box, but what does he have worth giving? With her extraordinary gift for storytelling, McKissack--with stunning illustrations by Harrison--delivers a touching, powerful tale of compassion and reminds us all that what is given from the heart, reaches the heart.
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Published: 01/08/2019
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780375836152
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 117897 / All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Award: John Steptoe New Talent Award - Winner
Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018 pg. 110
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Booklist 11/01/2018 pg. 61
Publishers Weekly 10/29/2018
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 80
Shelf Awareness 01/15/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
PATRICIA C. MCKISSACK is the author of many lauded books for children, including, most recently, Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout, a 2017 Parents Choice Gold Award winner, a New York Public Library, School Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and recipient of 3 starred reviews; The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner, and its companion, Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wily Characters, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; Never Forgotten, a Corretta Scott King Honor book; and The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and winner of the 2008 Parents Choice Award. Ms. McKissack passed away in the summer of 2017. This is her final work.