Becoming Billie Holiday
$28.63
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2022
Summary
The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry written by Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford.
In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora’s journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fift…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781635925579 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1635925576 |
| Author: | C. Weatherford |
| Publisher: | Astra Publishing House |
| Imprint: | Astra Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 239mm x 170mm x 8mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
★ “The poetry is rich and evocative… . A remarkable tribute well worthy of its subject.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Readers will find a generous assortment of recommended reading and listening at the end of this proud, clear-voiced testimonial.” —Booklist
★ “[Weatherford] captures the woman’s jazzy, candid voice so adroitly that at times the poems seem like they could have been lifted wholesale from Holiday’s autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues… . This captivating title places readers solidly into Holiday’s world, and is suitable for independent reading as well as a variety of classroom uses.” —School Library Journal, starred review
About The Author
C. Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford is the New York Times-best-selling author of over 60 books, including the Caldecott Honor book Unspeakable- The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner Box; and the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Moses. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
Floyd Cooper (1956-2021) illustrated over 110 books for children, including Unspeakable- The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he was awarded a Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, and a Sibert Honor. He was also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for The Blacker the Berry; three Coretta Scott King Honors for I Have Heard of a Land, Meet Danitra Brown, and Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea; 10 ALA Notables; and an NAACP Image Award, among other honors.
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