About this title: Mirandy is determined to win her town's junior cakewalk dance contest--a feat she is sure she can achieve if she has the help of the wind. Unfortunately, no one is able to tell her how to capture the wind. Will Mirandy ever be able to win the dance contest? Illustrated with watercolor paintings.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394887654ISBN:0394887654
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394887654ISBN:0394887654
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394887654ISBN:0394887654
Description: Good in Good jacket. 31-X-Add Ex-library. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394887654ISBN:0394887654
Description: Good. 247-X-Add9781560657309 Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dragonfly Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780679883333ISBN:0679883339
Description: Near Fine. 11" x 9" Only flaw is a light front cover corner crease. Caldecott Honor Book; Coretta Scott King Award; ALA Notable Book; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 9/12/1988
ISBN-13:9780394887654ISBN:0394887654
Description: Great Condition. Great Condition, clean/unmarked textblock, notation on endpage, tight binding, minor edge/cover wear, from private collection. read more
Edition: First Edition; Second Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dragonfly Books, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780679883333ISBN:0679883339
Description: New. 0679883339. Unmarked book, no remainder marks; Dragonfly Books; 0.12 x 10.99 x 9 Inches; 32 pages. read more
"So Mirandy wants to win the "cakewalk", a dancing contest. She knows that if she captures Mister Wind she can get him to grant a wish, and that's just what she sets out to do - wish him into dancing with her. There's a very satisfying conclusion here, nothing much to say."
"In this story Mirandy wants to capture Brother Wind so he will be her partner for the upcoming cakewalk. Cakewalk in this context is an African-American tradition of competitive line dancing, not the modern carnival game. It's clear that Mirandy's sweet friend Ezel would love to be her partner, but Mirandy is too distracted by her determination to notice. She spends her day in various attempts to capture the elusive Brother Wind. The author tells the story in a folksy, but pleasant dialect that fits with the story and doesn't seem forced. It's also a nice story about friendship and loyalty. Jerry Pinkney's accompanying illustrations are very nice. His work can also be seen in The Talking Eggs and The Ugly Duckling - all three books are Caldecott Honor books."
"I believe that this book has great ethnic representation of the South. The words that tickled my fancy were gon' (gonna), chile (child),and also tol' (told). The Southern African American culture comes out. I love the cakewalk because I remember that being such a great event for me when I was younger and would watch my relatives take part in the challenge. Great experiences mentioned in the book that many children in the South could hopefully reflect on."
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