Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Chronicle Books, 2014) Josephine is not your usual picture book. Nor is her story the typical subject matter of a children’s biography. And yet,  Josephine will dazzle readers. This extraordinary book chronicles Josephine Baker’s life from her birth in “honky-tonk town… Read more »