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Activities with Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Activities by Nancy Polette © 2002

MlRANDY AND BROTHER WIND
by Patricia C. McKissack. I1lus. by Jerry Pinkney. Knopf, 1988.
1989 Winner

Miraandy tries to catch the wind to be her partner in the cakewalk with no success. Her partner turns out to be more than she expected.

ACTIVITY: Write a Compare Contrast poem book report.

Everyone brought something good to eat at the dance. What do you hope they brought? Complete the song and sing to "Skip To My Lou"

________________ chicken ________________ ________________
adjective noun ing word prepositional phrase
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
adjective noun ing word prepositional phrase
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
adjective noun ing word prepositional phrase
Eat, all you dancers, eat!