Ella Fitzgerald by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Ella Fitzgerald by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Ella Fitzgerald began her life as a singer on the stage of the Apollo Theater when she was just seventeen years old. Her rich voice and vocal innovations brought her fame and a remarkable career than spanned half a century and won her generations of fans around the world. Acclaimed author Andrea Davis Pinkney has told Ella's inspiring story in the voice of Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan whose imagined narrative sings with the infectious rhythms of scat. Two-time Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney's dramatic perspectives and fantastical images offer a jazzy improvisation all their own.

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of more than 20 children's books, including Bird in a Box and several collaborations with her husband Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In, Hand in Hand, and Martin & Mahalia. She resides in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Sean Qualls is the illustrator of several well-known children's books, including Carole Boston Weatherford's Before John Was a Jazz Giant, for which he got a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and Jonah Winter's Dizzy, which was named an ALA Notable Book, a Kirkus Best Book, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. He's also worked on Toni Morrison and her son Slade's Little Cloud and Lady Wind, as well as Spike and Tonya Lee's Giant Steps to Change the World, which will be released in January 2011. Sean resides in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, illustrator Selina Alko, and their two children.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780786814169
ISBN 10	0786814160
Title	Ella Fitzgerald
Author	Andrea Davis Pinkney
Series	Great Black Performers Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hyperion
Year published	2007-01-01
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.