Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

Type

Book

Authors

Patricia Hruby Powell

ISBN 10

1452103143

ISBN 13

9781452103143

Tags

Multicultural, Performing Arts, Women

Description

Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, HonorRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, HonorBoston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction HonorParent's Choice AwardWall Street Journal's 10 Best Children's Books of the Year ListBologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Honor 2014In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait for young people of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself. - from Amzon

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