Harlem's Little Blackbird
The Story of Florence Mills
$34.88
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2012
Summary
Vibrant art sets the stage for this beautiful biography of a little-known Harlem Renaissance star!
From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and Newbery Medal winner Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills.
Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing, and that her sweet, bird-like voice, resonated with those who heard her. Performing catapulted her all the way to the stages of 1920s Broadwa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375869730 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375869735 |
| Author: | Renée Watson, Christian Robinson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 262mm x 213mm x 10mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
Starred Review, Booklist, June 2012:
“With a text that stylistically sings yet is packed with information, the book introduces a woman who, though part of the Harlem Renaissance, is not well remembered by history.”
About The Author
Renée Watson
RENÉE WATSON is the author of the children’s picture book, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (Random House, June 2010), which was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Her middle grade novel, What Momma Left Me debuted as the New Voice for 2010 in middle grade fiction by The Independent Children’s Booksellers Association. Renée has worked as a teaching-artist for more than 10 years, teaching creative writing and theater to elementary, middle, and high school students. She also uses writing and drama therapy to work with youth and adults. Renée lives in New York, NY.
CHRISTIAN ROBINSON is “one of the most exciting children’s book artists working today,” according to the New York Times. He received a Caldecott Honor for Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena, which was also a Newbery Medal winner and a New York Times Bestseller. He also illustrated Rain! by Linda Ashman, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, and Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell, recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in San Francisco.
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