Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
Material type: TextPublisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2014]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1452103143 (alk. paper)
- 9781452103143 (alk. paper)
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- 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.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Baker, J. P885 | Available | 33111007978097 |
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.