Josephine Baker

By Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinsoncreate an extraordinary portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way up from poverty in St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine’s powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself.