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An illustrated biography in verse of Josephine Baker by author Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrator Christian Robinson.

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Josephine by Patricia Powell

An emotionally powerful biography told in verse of a dancer, singer, comedienne, and enduring figure - Josephine Baker - from her birth in the slums, her fantastic success, and her fight against racial prejudice.
Patricia Hruby Powell's previous book, Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, won a Sibert Honor for Nonfiction, a Coretta Scott King Honor, and five starred reviews. She lives in Illinois.

Shadra Strickland is an illustrator whose work has won an Ezra Jack Keats Award, a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and an NAACP Image Award. She lives in Maryland.

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ISBN 13 9781452103143
ISBN 10 1452103143
Title Josephine
Author Patricia Powell
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Chronicle Books
Year published 2014-02-01
Number of pages 104
Prizes Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up), Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Coretta Scott King Award, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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