McKissack, Pat, 1944-

Goin' someplace special / Going someplace special. [written by] Patricia C. McKissack ; [illustrated by] Jerry Pinkney. - 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. - New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2009. - [34] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Originally published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001.

In segregated Nashville during the 1950s, a young African American girls endures a series of indignities and obstacles to get to the public library, one of the few integrated places in the city.

Ages 4-8.

Illustrator Award Winner, Coretta Scott King Award, 2002.

ISBN: 9781416927358 (pbk.) 1416927352 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nashville (Tenn.)--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.M478693 / Go 2009

Dewey Class. No.: [E]