Becoming Billie Holiday

Becoming Billie Holiday
Floyd Cooper, Carole Boston Weatherford
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Paperback
h241 x 165mm - 120pg
11 Jan 2022 US
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9781635925579
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The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. 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 fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life--a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era' s hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer' s young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.
"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
Carole Boston Weatherford is an award-winning poet and author of over two dozen books for young readers. She lives in High Point, North Carolina. Floyd Cooper has illustrated more than sixty books for children and young adults including Miss Crandall' s School for Young Ladies & Little Mises of Color by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson and Tough Boy Sonatas by Curtis L. Crisler. He lives in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781635925579
Published: 11 Jan 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Format: Paperback
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Pages: 120

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