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Title:
Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
Author:
Powell, Patricia Hruby, 1951-

Robinson, Christian, illustrator.
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2014]
Call Number:
BIO GV1785.B3 P68 2014
Abstract:
A portrait 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.
ISBN:
9781452103143
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject Term:
Dancers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American entertainers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.

Dancers.

Entertainers.

African Americans -- Biography.

Women -- Biography.
Added Author:
Robinson, Christian,
Personal Subject:
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975-Juvenile literature.
Personal Author:
Powell, Patricia Hruby, 1951-
Subject:
Dancers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American entertainers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Baker, Josephine,

Dancers.

Entertainers.

African Americans -- Biography.

Women -- Biography.

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Juvenile literature.

Juvenile.

Children's literature.

Children's literature -- African American.
Award Note:
Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Illustrator, 2015.

A Junior Library Guild selection

Boston Globe/Horn Nonfiction Honor, 2014.

Sibert Award Honor Book, 2015.
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