Josephine
What's Josephine About
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.
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The illustrations in this book are amazing! This book has such a unique feel through the text and pictures. It's separated into different time periods and sections of Josephine's life. A few notes on the content--this book is about civil rights and has a few things that might be better suited for older children. It mentions gambling halls and shots of whiskey and how white people beat, murdered, and burned black men.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell‘s debut book, Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Chronicle Books), received a Sibert Honor and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. She lives in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Christian Robinson was born in Hollywood, California, in 1986. He grew up in a small one bedroom apartment with his brother, two cousins, aunt, and grandmother. Drawing became a way to make space for himself and to create the kind of world he wanted to see. He studied animation at The California Institute of the Arts and would later work with the Sesame Street Workshop and Pixar Animation Studios before becoming an illustrator of books for children. His books include Gaston and Antoinette, written by Kelly DiPucchio, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Peña, which was awarded the Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and the Newbery Medal. He presently lives in Northern California with his rescue greyhound Baldwin and several houseplants. He looks forward to one day seeing the Aurora Borealis. Visit him online at TheArtofFun.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781452103143
- Publication Date
- January 14, 2014
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Page Count
- 104
- Words Per Page
- 37
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 7 - 10 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2012030440
- Lexile® Level
- 790L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~S
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 160655
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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