Old and New Storybooks

Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack and Jerry Pinkney today’s children storybook summary is Goin’ Someplace Special By Patricia C. McKissack Illustration by Jerry Pinkney Storyline: Mama Frances is in the kitchen, preparing vegetables for cooking when ‘Tricia Ann asks her if she can go Someplace Special all by herself. She’s all dressed up in a nice blue dress with a yellow ribbon, a hat, and a hand purse. ‘Tricia Ann is about 12 years old but as her grandmother, Mama Frances, says, “goin’ off alone is a mighty big step”.

The Last Stop on Market Street By Matt de la Peña today’s children storybook summary is The Last Stop on Market Street By Matt de la Peña Illustration by Christian Robinson Storyline: This is a book about a journey through a diverse and sophisticated city and the way to see it and understand it. CJ and his grandma, here called Nana, have a Sunday routine: they go to the church first, then they take the bus along the Market Street.