Mister and Lady Day : Billie Holiday and the dog who loved her / Amy Novesky ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novesky, Amy.

Contributor:

Brantley-Newton, Vanessa, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959--Juvenile literature.

Holiday, Billie.

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.

Mister (Dog)--Juvenile literature.

Mister (Dog).

Boxer (Dog breed)--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Boxer (Dog breed).

African American women jazz singers--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African American women jazz singers.

Boxers (Dog breeds).

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Biography.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York : Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

Summary:

Discusses American Jazz singer Billie Holiday and her dogs, especially her pet boxer, Mister.

Notes:

"The text type was set in 19 pt. Primer Print."

"The illustrations were done in gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper."

"The display type was set in Changing and Cocktail Shaker."

Includes bibliographical references (page 32).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has "Reinforced Binding".

ISBN:

9780152058067 :

0152058060

OCLC:

587209732