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When Marian sang the true recital of Marian Anderson

An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.

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Main Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Corporate Author: Live Oak Media (Firm)
Other Authors: Nelson, Gail, Selznick, Brian (Illustrator)
Format: Kits Kit Books Print Book Kit Audiobooks Kit
Language:English
Published: Pine Plains, N.Y. : Live Oak Media, p2004.
Subjects:
Anderson, Marian, > 1897-1993 > Juvenile sound recordings.
Anderson, Marian, > 1897-1993 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Contraltos > Biography > Juvenile sound recordings.
African American singers > Biography > Juvenile sound recordings.
Singers.
African Americans > Biography.
Women > Biography.
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Summary:An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
Item Description:Compact disc.
Track 1 has page turn signals, track 2 does not.
Physical Description:1 sound disc (ca. 30 min. each track) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book ([37] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 x 32 cm.)
Audience:4.6.
K-3
ISBN:1591129486
Author Notes:Author Pam Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California on December 25, 1951. She received a B. A. in child development and a M. A. in education from San Diego State University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a bilingual Head Start teacher and as an early childhood program administrator. At first, she wrote adult books about child development, but soon switched to writing children's books.

She has written over twenty-five picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for young readers. The novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book, is based on her own grandmother's immigration from Mexico to California. Riding Freedom has also won many awards including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. When Marian Sang, a picture book about singer Marian Anderson, won numerous awards including the ALA Sibert Honor and NCTE's Orbis Pictus Award. In 2015 her title Echo made The New York Times Best Seller List. She also won a Kirkus Prize in the children's literature category with her title 'Echo'.

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