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What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan - Hardcover

by Chris Barton
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chris Barton, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2018-09-25Pages:48
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beach Lane BooksISBN-13:9781481465618ISBN-10:1481465619UPC:9781481465618Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Political, WomenSize:11.50 x 10.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC79G12JPW
"When Barbara Jordan talked, we listened." --Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan had a big, bold, confident voice--and she knew how to use it Learn all about her amazing career in this illuminating and inspiring picture book biography of the lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights leader.

Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. It was a voice that made people sit up, stand up, and take notice.

So what do you do with a voice like that?

Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice.

New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton and Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes deliver a remarkable picture book biography about a woman whose struggles and mission continue to inspire today.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beach Lane BooksISBN-13:9781481465618ISBN-10:1481465619UPC:9781481465618Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Political, WomenSize:11.50 x 10.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC79G12JPW
Chris Barton is the author of many picture books including the award-winning What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, New York Times bestseller Shark vs. Train, Sibert Honor-winning The Day-Glo Brothers, and Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List books The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch and Whoosh!. He visits schools by the score and also loves speaking to professional gatherings of librarians, educators, and his fellow writers. Chris and his wife, novelist Jennifer Ziegler, live in Austin, Texas, with their family. For more information about Chris, please visit ChrisBarton.info.

Ekua Holmes is a fine artist whose work explores themes of family, relationships, hope, and faith. The first children's book she illustrated was Carole Boston Weatherford's Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, which was a Caldecott Honor Book and a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and for which Ekua won the John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award. Ekua Holmes lives in Boston.
Publisher: Beach Lane Books

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Chris Barton, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

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Chris Barton

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