In this story, the author and the illustrator have incorporated clothing and language in a way that leads the reader to the assumption that this story takes place in the early 1900’s, thus is historical fiction. You will have to read the story to see how she won and who she danced with that night. She eventually was able to catch Brother Wind and she did win the cakewalk – but Brother Wind was not her partner. Cornelius II, received its debut at Adventure Theatre in metropolitan Washington, D.C., in January 2011.Show More catch Brother Wind, but in most instances he swooshed or whooshed away. It has been made into a musical for young audiences. After the colorful description of cakewalking in the author's note and the anticipation created through Mirandy's own eagerness, the brief and rather static scenes portraying the dance itself are a letdown." As a story, however, it proves somewhat disappointing. Pinkney captures the liveliness of the story in his expansive paintings, dappled with impressionistic hues " and Publishers Weekly wrote "Told in spirited dialect and rendered in lavish, sweeping watercolors, this provides an intriguing look at a time gone by. Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, wrote "As she did in Flossie and the Fox, McKissack has created in Mirandy a character full of vigor, humor, and imagination. The School Library Journal in a review of Mirandy and Brother Wind described the illustrations as "Sultry watercolor washes in a realistic flowing style spread luxuriously and consistently over every two pages." and concluded "A captivating story, with a winning heroine, told in black dialect." It is about a girl, Mirandy, who attempts to catch the wind so he will be her partner for the upcoming junior cakewalk. Mirandy and Brother Wind is a 1988 children's picture book by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
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