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Author Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.

Title God bless the child / words and music by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

Publication Info. [New York] : HarperCollins / Amistad, [2004]
©2004

Item Status

Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Audio CD  CH/YA Easy Holida God 2004  Aud.CD    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA Easy Holida God 2004    Available  ---  Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Edition 1st ed.
Description 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audio disc (digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.)
digital optical
audio file CD audio
age Children
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Performer Words and Music by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday: illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Summary The song "God Bless the Child" was first performed by legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939 and remains one of her enduring masterpieces. In this picture book interpretation, renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney has created images of a family moving from the rural South to the urban North during the Great Migration that reached its peak in the 1930s. The song's message of self-reliance still speaks to us today but resonates even stronger in its historical context. This extraordinary book stands as a tribute to all those who dared so much to get their own. A free CD of Billie Holiday's timeless recording of "God Bless the Child" is included to enjoy along with the book.
Awards Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 2005.
Provenance Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject Children's songs -- United States -- Texts.
Children's songs.
United States.
Genre/Form Texts.
Subject Spirituals (Songs) -- Juvenile literature.
Spirituals (Songs)
Genre/Form Spirituals (Songs)
Juvenile works.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Added Author Herzog, Arthur, Jr.
Pinkney, Jerry, illustrator.
ISBN 0060287977 (hardback)
9780060287979 (hardback)
0060294876 (library binding) 0060284876 (former lib. ed.)
9780060294878 (library binding)