num_pages: 40
description: A harmonious introduction to one of our country's most important singers and role models--as envisioned by Newbery Honoree Pam Muñoz Ryan and Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. Marian Anderson is best known for her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, which drew an integrated crowd of 75,000 people in pre-Civil Rights America. While this momentous event showcased the uniqueness of her voice, the strength of her character, and the struggles of the times in which she lived, it is only part of her story. Like the operatic arias Marian would come to sing, Ryan's text is as moving as a libretto, and Selznick's pictures as exquisitely detailed and elaborately designed as a stage set. What emerges most profoundly from their shared vision is a role model of courage.
language: English
title: When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
titlecomplete: When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
characters: Marian Anderson
genres: Music, Historical, History, Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4204
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: California Book Award
category: Juvenile (Silver), awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Sibert Medal, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Flora Stieglitz Straus Award
publisher: Scholastic Press