The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Ages 9 - 12)

Author: Patricia Hruby Powell
Illustrated by: Christian Robinson
 
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.
 
Awards:
Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor
Parent's Choice Gold Medal for Poetry 2014
Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Children's Books of the Year List
Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Honor 2014