Patricia Hruby Powell: 3 books
Loving vs. Virginia
A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination...
Josephine
The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor
In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait for young people of the...
Struttin' with Some Barbecue
Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Lil Hardin and her man, Louis Armstrong, were musical royalty--inventing a new kind of sound--makin' jazz. Believe it, baby!
This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself--and for...