I thought this was beautiful. Between the gorgeous pictures and breathtaking poetry about growing up as Billie Holiday, I'm going to get on iTunes and listen to some Billie Holiday. She had a tough life, which many kids can relate to, but her extraordinary gift to sing and her resilience, created...
Great book to connect kids to so many great artists (musical, literary, and so on) and activist thinkers who they may know of but not know this common denominator. Art is engaging and truly illustrative of the persons. Author's notes and Who's who in the back are simple and informative. IB PYP: i...