
Josephine
The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
Patricia Hruby Powell(Author)
Chronicle Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2014
Book
Hardback
104 pages
978-1-4521-0314-3 (ISBN)
Description
An emotionally powerful biography told in verse of a dancer, singer, comedienne, and enduring figure - Josephine Baker - from her birth in the slums, her fantastic success, and her fight against racial prejudice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
697 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4521-0314-3 (9781452103143)
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E-Book
01/2014
1st Edition
Chronicle Books LLC
€10.99
Available for download
Persons
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 has marveled at the spirit, courage, and beauty of Josephine Baker for a long time, and while visiting schools as a storyteller/ author and working as a librarian, she realised what a great role model Josephine could be to young people. Christian Robinson remembers the first time he saw Paul Colin's illustration of Josephine dancing in a banana skirt. He was inspired then, at the age of 13. Years later he is still inspired by Josephine and never imagined being given the opportunity to share her story through illustrations of his own.