CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION:
Goin' Someplace Special
by Patricia McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

 

This visual interpretative analysis is designed by Susan Swords Steffen

What does this illustration communicate to viewers?

Goin' Someplace Special
 Study the sample illustration from: Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack.  Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.(Simon and Schuster., 2001).   It is best to examine the entire book to see the interrelationships established among the illustrations and text.

It is important to read the accompanying text to this illustration .

Choose the answer that reflects your interpretation of the illustration:

  'Tricia Ann does not want to go sit in the Colored Section of the bus.
  There are empty seats in the front of the bus and 'Tricia Ann is not allowed to sit in them.
  'Tricia Ann's colorful dress contrasts with the drab clothes of the grownups.
   The world outside the bus is lighter than the world inside the bus.




To read reviews of Goin' Someplace Special.

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To learn more Patricia McKissack, the author .

For a list of Jerry Pinkney's books.

For a list of Patricia McKissack's books.

Goin' Someplace Special won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2002.   For more information about the Coretta Scott King Award.

Bus boycotts protesting Jim Crow laws were an important part of the Civil Rights Movement.   To learn more about the bus boycotts.

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This page was created April 10, 2002.