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Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa Spiral-Bound | January 1, 2007

Andrea Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrated by)

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Ella Fitzgerald began her life as a singer on the stage of the Apollo Theater when she was just seventeen years old. Her rich voice and vocal innovations brought her fame and a remarkable career than spanned half a century and won her generations of fans around the world. Acclaimed author Andrea Davis Pinkney has told Ella's inspiring story in the voice of Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan whose imagined narrative sings with the infectious rhythms of scat. Two-time Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney's dramatic perspectives and fantastical images offer a jazzy improvisation all their own.
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Original Binding: Paperback Picture Book
Pages: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0786814160
Item Weight: 0.4 lbs
Dimensions: 9.6 x 0.4 x 10.8 inches
"Brian Pinkney turns out some of his best work yet...A ‘skippity-hop-doo-dee-bop’ picture book.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of nearly 50 books for young readers, among them The Red Pencil and A Poem for Peter, as well as several collaborations with her husband Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In and Hand in Hand, which received the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor books, and he has written and illustrated several of his own books. Brian has received the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration and three Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor medals.

The Pinkneys have been named among the "25 Most Influential People in Our Children's Lives" by Children's Health magazine. They live in Brooklyn, New York.