Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker (Candlewick Biographies)
by Kathryn Lasky (Author) Nneka Bennett (Illustrator)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Candlewick Biographies
This impressive picture book will delight young readers as it gives a sense of this remarkable woman and the times in which she lived. -- School Library Journal (starred review)
An inspiring biography of a woman who rose from a bleak world of poverty and discrimination to unprecedented success as an influential businesswoman and philanthropist. Born December 23, 1867, Sarah Breedlove Walker was the youngest and first freeborn child in her family. As sharecroppers, their lives were hard, but slavery had ended, and the Breedlove family was free. And if you were free, you could dream.
Back matter includes an epilogue, an illustrator's note, sources, and an index.
An inspiring biography of a woman who rose from a bleak world of poverty and discrimination to unprecedented success as an influential businesswoman and philanthropist. Born December 23, 1867, Sarah Breedlove Walker was the youngest and first freeborn child in her family. As sharecroppers, their lives were hard, but slavery had ended, and the Breedlove family was free. And if you were free, you could dream.
Back matter includes an epilogue, an illustrator's note, sources, and an index.
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Review quotes
This impressive...book will delight young readers as it gives a sense of this remarkable woman and the times in which she lived.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Kathryn Lasky
Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over 100 books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series and the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as iA Time for Courage/i and other Dear America titles. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed historical fiction titles, such as iBeyond the Burning Time/i and iTrue North/i. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780763664282
Lexile Measure
960
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
September 20, 2012
Series
Candlewick Biographies
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
Library of Congress categories
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