Kids Book Index
Hinrichs, Alexandra S. D; Illustrated by Renée Graef
Thérèse’s fictional adventures are inspired by real people, the actual Gobelins Manufactory, and a beautiful tapestry that hangs today in the J. Paul Getty Museum.Step back in time to seventeenthcentury Paris with Thérèse, a talented young girl who lives and works at the Gobelins Manufactory, where Europe’s greatest artisans make tapestries and…
Ira’s Shakespeare DreamGlenda ArmandThe inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.Ira Aldridge dreamed of being on stage one day and performing the great works of William Shakespeare.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Leontyne Price: Voice of a CenturyWeatherford, Carole Boston; Illustrated by Raul ColónA stunning picture-book biography of iconic African American opera star Leontyne Price. Born in a small town in Mississippi in 1927, the daughter of a midwife and a sawmill worker, Leontyne Price might have grown up singing the blues.The ArtsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny AndrewsBenson, KathleenAs a child, Benny Andrews drew “hot suns and red clay and little wood-frame houses that stretched as far as he could see.The ArtsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details