Mirandy And Brother Wind

Author/Illustrator: Patricia C. McKissack/Jerry Pinkey

Genre: Multicultural

Awards: None
Grade Level: 3rd-5th

This book is about a young girl named Mirandy who is determined to win the cake walk. In order to complete this task she thinks she needs to capture brother wind who will be her partner. All throughout the book she tries different ways to capture him, but he is too fast. In the mean time Ezel wanted her to go with him, but when he realized she wasn't he made up a fib that he was going with someone else and was gonna win. She really tried now to catch Brother Wind and eneded up succeeding. At the cake walk she saw Ezel's partner and asked where he was. She said she turned him down because he was clumsy. Mirandy defended Ezel and ran off to brother wind for a wish. Ezel and Mirandy were the talk of the town for weeks after the cake walk thanks to Brother Wind.

This book is aimed for students from 3rd to 5th grade. I say this because the words are small and the structure is a little complex for younger students. I would not use this book for instructional purposes, but I would keep it in my classroom library. This book shows the traditions of different cultures such as Brother Wind.