Ryan, Pam MunÌoz.

When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam MunÌoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2002. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 32 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and discography. At head of title: Scholastic Press, New York, presents. "Season of two thousand and two."

An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.



Robert F. Sibert honor book, 2003

0439269679

2001049508


Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 --Juvenile literature.
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.


Contraltos--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American singers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Singers.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

ML3930.A5 / R93 2002

782.1/092 B