Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

$15.19

Hardcover
Publish Date: January 2014
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.6
EAN: 9781452103143

Overview

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.

Details

Pages: 104
Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 0.7 in
Lexile Score: 790
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 1
ISBN: 1452103143

Awards

2015 Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book (Illustrator)
2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book (Children's Book)
2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book (Nonfiction)
2014 Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner (Poetry)