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. 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. 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. Recommended to anyone looking for picture-book family stories, especially those featuring poverty, working people, and/or African-Americans.Patricia C. The artwork, done by the immensely talented Floyd Cooper in oil wash on board, captures both that hard work, and the loving relationship between Ma Dear and David Earl. The narrative is engaging, and emphasizes the back-breaking work that Ma Dear must do, in order to support her family. McKissack created this moving, heartfelt portrait of the loving bond between an African-American mother and son in the American South at the beginning of the twentieth century. McKissack Illustrator : Floyd Cooper Publication Date : 1997 A testament to the life of Leanna Crossley Bowens.

On Sunday, the day of no work and no apron, they head to the park after church for a picnic.īased on the stories handed down in her family about her great-grandmother, author Patricia C. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for MA DEARS APRONS By Patricia C.

But whatever color she is wearing, and whatever she is doing, hardworking Ma Dear is never too tired to tell her son stories, or give him a special treat. Each day has its appointed task - laundry on Monday, ironing on Tuesday, deliveries on Wednesday, visiting shut-ins on Thursday, cleaning houses on Friday, and baking on Saturday - and each day has its different color apron. David Earl always knows what day of the week it is, based on his mother, Ma Dear's aprons.

Ma Dear's Aprons by Patricia C. McKissack