Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Patricia Hruby Powell, Christian RobinsonSeries:Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle BooksAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2014-01-14Pages:104
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Chronicle BooksISBN-13:9781452103143ISBN-10:1452103143UPC:9781452103143Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Performing Arts, WomenAward:2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Nonfiction Award|2014 Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Poetry Award|2015 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator Award|2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book AwardSize:10.10 x 8.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SC2W9XZ1TW
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.
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Chronicle BooksISBN-13:9781452103143ISBN-10:1452103143UPC:9781452103143Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Performing Arts, WomenAward:2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Nonfiction Award|2014 Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Poetry Award|2015 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator Award|2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book AwardSize:10.10 x 8.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SC2W9XZ1TW
Patricia Hruby Powell danced throughout the Americas and Europe with her dance company, One Plus One, before becoming a writer of children's books. She lives in Champaign, Illinois. Christian Robinson, formerly at Pixar Studios and Sesame Street Workshop, lives in San Francisco.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Awards
🏆 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Nonfiction Award|2014 Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Poetry Award|2015 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator Award|2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award
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