According to Amazon.com, "Drawing on her own Nashville childhood, Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia C. McKissack brings the injustices of segregation to life in her bittersweet picture book, Goin' Someplace Special. Illustrator Jerry Pinkney, four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor Medalist, captures the spirit of the '50s with his lovely watercolors."
Here, Pat reads from Goin' Someplace Special. Enjoy!