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Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2014]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1452103143 (alk. paper)
  • 9781452103143 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Awards:
  • A Junior Library Guild selection
  • Boston Globe/Horn Nonfiction Honor, 2014.
  • Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2015.
  • The Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2015.
Summary: A portrait 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Women's Biographies (Kids) Fiction notes: Click to open in new window
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Baker, J. P885 Available 33111007978097
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor
Parent's Choice Award
Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Children's Books of the Year List
Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Honor 2014

In 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.

Includes bibliographical references.

A portrait 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.

Accelerated Reader 4.6

A Junior Library Guild selection

Boston Globe/Horn Nonfiction Honor, 2014.

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2015.

The Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2015.

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