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Becoming Billie Holliday

Becoming Billie Holliday

by Floyd Cooper (Illustrator), Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

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    Illustrated 2009

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Synopsis

Before the legend of Billie Holliday, there was a girl named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holliday, possibly one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. Eleanora's journey into legend took her through pain, poverty and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could change her life - a voice. Eleanora could sing! Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Billie Holliday sang as if she lived each lyric and in many ways she had.Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, award-winning poet, Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles Eleanora Fagan's metamorphosis into Billie Holliday and the dream she pursued with passion.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 120
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: WordSong
Published: 31 Jan 2009
ISBN 10: 159078507X
ISBN 13: 9781590785072

Media Reviews
* The poetry is rich and evocative. . . . A remarkable tribute well worthy of its subject. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Readers will find a generous assortment of recommended reading and listening at the end of this proud, clear-voiced testimonial. --Booklist

* [Weatherford] captures the woman's jazzy, candid voice so adroitly that at times the poems seem like they could have been lifted wholesale from Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. . . . This captivating title places readers solidly into Holiday's world, and is suitable for independent reading as well as a variety of classroom uses. --School Library Journal, starred review

Author Bio
Carole Boston Weatherford is an award-winning poet and author of over two dozen books for young readers. She lives in High Point, North Carolina.

Floyd Cooper has illustrated more than sixty books for children and young adults including Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Mises of Color by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson and Tough Boy Sonatas by Curtis L. Crisler. He lives in Easton, Pennsylvania.