A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley

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A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice

A Kirkus Reviews most anticipated picture book of fall 2019, new from Nadia L. Hohn, named one of CBCâ€™s â€œ6 Black Canadian writers to watchâ€

Louise Bennett Coverley, better known as Miss Lou, was an iconic poet and entertainer known for popularizing the use of patois in music and poetry internationallyâ€•helping to pave the way for artists like Harry Belafonte and Bob Marley to use patois in their work. This picture book tells the story of Miss Louâ€™s early years, when she was a young girl growing up in Jamaica.

As a child, Miss Lou loved wordsâ€•particularly the Jamaican English, or patois, that she heard all around her. As a young writer, Miss Lou felt caught between writing â€œlines of words like tight cornrows,â€ as her teachers instructed, and words that beat more naturally â€œin time with her heart.â€

The uplifting and inspiring story of a girl finding her own voice, this is also a vibrant, colorful, and immersive look at an important figure in our cultural history. With rich and warm illustrations bringing the story to life, A Likkle Miss Lou is a modern ode to language, girl power, diversity, and the arts.

End matter includes a glossary of Jamaican patois terms, a note about the authorâ€™s â€œown voiceâ€ perspective as a Jamaican-Canadian writer, and a brief biography of Miss Lou and her connection to Canada, where she lived for 20 years.
Country USA
Brand Owlkids
Manufacturer Owlkids
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781771473507
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9781771473507
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Owlkids
Manufacturer	Owlkids
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781771473507
UnitCount	1
Format	Picture Book
EANs	9781771473507
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice

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