Messy Bessey's Family Reunion

Rookie Readers

by Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack, Dana Regan (Illustrator)

A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own. Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. After having fun at their family reunion, Messy Bessey's family cleans up and leaves the park as beautiful as when they arrived.

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2000

About the author

Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book).

Reviews

[Josephine Burks]

My daughters enjoy reading the Messy Best series. I love the rhymes on some pages and the sentences are age appropriate.

[KaitandMaddie]

This was Maddie’s read for us.

[Theresa]

a short story about taking care of things

[Theresa]

Messy Bessey's Family Reunion (Paperback)
by Patricia C. McKissack
a short story about taking care of things

[Jody Kyburz]

Read this while waiting for a parent to show at a meeting I was required to attend.