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The legendary Miss Lena Horne

Surveys the life of the singer, actress, and civil rights activist, describing her childhood, early years in vaudeville, and achievements as the first African American actress to be offered a studio contract.

Main Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Horne, Lena > Juvenile nonfiction.
Singers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women singers > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Actresses > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American actresses > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
Summary: Surveys the life of the singer, actress, and civil rights activist, describing her childhood, early years in vaudeville, and achievements as the first African American actress to be offered a studio contract.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Awards: Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies 2018.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781481468244
1481468243
Author Notes: Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including Kin , illustrated by her son Jeffery and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient; Box , which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable , which won the Coretta Scott King Award, a Caldecott Honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul , winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; ALA Notable Children's Book You Can Fly ; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square ; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement ; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom . Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com.

Elizabeth Zunon was born in Albany, New York, and grew up in on the Ivory Coast of West Africa. As a little girl, she loved to draw, paint, make up dances, and play dress-up, and as she grew up, she didn't really change! Elizabeth now lives in Albany where she explores a multicultural world though painting, beading, sewing, and collage. Visit her at LizZunon.com.

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