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Becoming Billie Holiday
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9781590785072
- Book Title
- Becoming Billie Holiday
- Publisher
- Highlights Press, C/O Highlights for Children, Inc.
- Item Length
- 9.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Cooper, Floyd, Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- People & Places / United States / African American, General, Performing Arts / Music, Poetry / General, Biography & Autobiography / Music, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
- Item Weight
- 17.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 120 Pages
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Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Highlights Press, C/O Highlights for Children, Inc.
ISBN-10
159078507x
ISBN-13
9781590785072
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038381436
Product Key Features
Book Title
Becoming Billie Holiday
Number of Pages
120 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
People & Places / United States / African American, General, Performing Arts / Music, Poetry / General, Biography & Autobiography / Music, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Illustrator
Cooper, Floyd, Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
* "[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 in, * "[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, "Cooper's sepia-toned, nostalgic, mixed-media illustrations provide an emotional counterpoint to the text. Resembling old photographs seen through a lens of aching hindsight, they make explicit the pain that Weatherford studiously avoids giving full voice to in her poems." --School Library Journal, starred review., * "The poetry is rich and evocative. . . . A remarkable tribute well worthy of its subject." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review, * "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
Lccn
2007-051214
Grade from
Fourth Grade
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Grade to
Seventh Grade
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.5.W31be 2008
Copyright Date
2008
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