Author:

Schroeder, Alan  Search this

Fuchs, Bernie 1932-2009  Search this

Little, Brown and Company  Search this

Subject:

Baker, Josephine 1906-1975  Search this

Physical description:

[32] p. : col. ill., music ; 29 cm

Type:

Juvenile fiction

Fiction

Biographical fiction

Dust jackets (Bindings)

Place:

Saint Louis (Mo.)

Date:

1989

C1989

Notes:

Text within decorative borders.

Factual information presented in a fictional narrative.

Includes music on endpapers.

Summary:

Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Dance  Search this

Ragtime music  Search this

Poverty  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1011425