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

by Nadia L. Hohn

Book Overview

A Kirkus Reviews most anticipated picture book of fall 2019 by Nadia L. Hohn, named one of CBC's "6 Black Canadian writers to watch"

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 internationally--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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771473509
• ISBN13: 9781771473507
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Owlkids
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3