Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild costumes and a you-can’t-tell-me-no attitude that made her famous. She even had a pet leopard in Paris! From bestselling children’s biographer Jonah Winter and two-time Caldecott Honoree Marjorie Priceman comes a story of a woman the stage could barely contain. Rising from a poor, segregated upbringing, Josephine Baker was able to break through racial barriers with her own sense of flair and astonishing dance abilities. She was a pillar of steel with a heart of goldall wrapped up in feathers, sequins, and an infectious rhythm.
- ISBN: 9781416961239
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Illustrator: Priceman, Marjorie
- Published: 2012 , Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Themes: Dance, jazz, Racism
- Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 40