Coretta's Song

• “A beautiful story of endurance, commitment, and perseverance…. This inspiring, visually engaging picture book biography honors King’s life and her own achievements.”–School Library Journal, starred review
  * “Coretta’s integrity and perseverance through adversity will inspire all who pick this book up…. Every spread is packed with lush, evocative images with such an impressive variety of composition and color that readers will easily lose themselves. Triumphant.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  ”[An] informative, moving account of a woman who devoted her life to supporting civil rights and nonviolence…. Cabrera’s colorful, expressive paintings depict Coretta across various stages of her life, thoughtfully capturing her determination and poise throughout.“–Booklist
  Praise for Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama
  * “A very successful biography that portrays a purpose-driven life fueled from Obama’s early years to the White House; the text captures the energy and passion of a man who broke barriers and changed history.”–School Library Journal, starred review
  Praise for Martin’s Big Words
  Praise for Ruth Objects
  * “The illustrations, done in oil glazes over an acrylic medium, are richly textured…. An excellent successor to the legacy of Big Words books, marked by titles that introduce young readers to sophisticated vocabulary and ideas.”–Booklist, starred review
  “A stunning, reverent tribute.” –School Library Journal
  “Beginning with the startling cover, which contains only the face of Martin Luther King Jr., with his smile broad, and his eyes crinkled in laughter, this title intrigues. It’s an homage in words and pictures, in which the author weaves King’s words with her own to present a brief but stately portrait of the American hero….Readers will hear [King’s] voice echo in this presentation.”–Kirkus Reviews
  “Insightful and fascinating.”–Kirkus Reviews
  “Striking.”–Booklist
  “Velasquez’s arresting jacket portrait of Ginsburg, superimposed on a facsimile of the U.S. Constitution, conveys a woman of purpose; Rappaport’s biography, largely focused on Ginsburg’s work for gender equality, reinforces this first impression.”–Horn Book
  “Weaving in Dr. King’s own ‘big words, ’ this inspiring picture book biography celebrates this great leader as preacher and politician. Rappaport’s sparse narrative captures the essentials of the man, the Civil Rights movement he led, and his policy of non-violence. This is a great book to read aloud many times.”–Booklist

Doreen Rappaport is the award-winning author of the Big Words picture book biography series, including the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor Book Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier; Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama, illustrated by Tonya Engel; Helen’s Big Words: The Life of Helen Keller, illustrated by Matt Tavares; and Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, illustrated by Eric Velasquez, among many others. She is the recipient of the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild lifetime achievement award for the writing of nonfiction. Doreen lives in upstate New York.

Cozbi A. Cabrera is the author and illustrator of Me & Mama, which received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor and a Caldecott Honor, and My Hair Is a Garden. Her illustrated titles include Brown Girl, Brown Girl by Lesle Honore, Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade, and Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis by Melvina Noel, among others. Her handmade cloth dolls (munecas) are collected all around the world. She lives in Illinois with her husband and daughter.

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