Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor
Parent's Choice Award
Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Children's Books of the Year List
Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Honor 2014

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 01/14/2014
ISBN: 9781452103143
Pages: 104
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.30w x 0.70d
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2014 pg. 278
Shelf Awareness 01/17/2014
School Library Journal 02/01/2014 pg. 127
Booklist 02/01/2014 pg. 60
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 111
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 55
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 27
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 160655 / Josephine
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1