Full Product Details
Author: LaChanze ,
Lachanze
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.300kg
ISBN: 9781250878663
ISBN 10: 1250878667
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 04 July 2023
Recommended Age: From 4 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
This sparkling story of a show-biz hopeful -- and family bonds -- will inspire your young star to dream big. --Working Mother All young ones who dream of dressing up and performing will find a kindred spirit in Nena. This should play to sold-out audiences. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review LaChanze, a star of stage and screen herself, supplies a peek at the life of a Broadway performer in this enticing story about a girl's dream of one day conquering the Great White Way. ... Youngsters, girls in particular, will pore over the pictures and imagine themselves right into the story. Look out America-this book is sure to increase its numbers of D.I.T.s [Divas in Training]. --School Library Journal Imagine a triple billing of Fancy Nancy, Olivia, and Eloise, and you'll have a sense of the energy, ambition, and sheer (yet still-to-be-fully-honed) talent of Little Diva. Her creator, a Tony Award-winning actress, has produced a realistic and endearing character who dreams of taking to the stage like her mother, a Broadway star, with whom she lives in a loving home that includes her grandmother and dog. --Booklist Loose, wispy black line art with pastel-toned washes playfully convey Nena's constant motion and exuberance as she describes her day. --Publishers Weekly
"""This sparkling story of a show-biz hopeful -- and family bonds -- will inspire your young star to dream big."" --Working Mother ""All young ones who dream of dressing up and performing will find a kindred spirit in Nena. This should play to sold-out audiences."" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review ""LaChanze, a star of stage and screen herself, supplies a peek at the life of a Broadway performer in this enticing story about a girl's dream of one day conquering the Great White Way. ... Youngsters, girls in particular, will pore over the pictures and imagine themselves right into the story. Look out America-this book is sure to increase its numbers of D.I.T.s [Divas in Training]."" --School Library Journal ""Imagine a triple billing of Fancy Nancy, Olivia, and Eloise, and you'll have a sense of the energy, ambition, and sheer (yet still-to-be-fully-honed) talent of Little Diva. Her creator, a Tony Award-winning actress, has produced a realistic and endearing character who dreams of taking to the stage like her mother, a Broadway star, with whom she lives in a loving home that includes her grandmother and dog."" --Booklist ""Loose, wispy black line art with pastel-toned washes playfully convey Nena's constant motion and exuberance as she describes her day."" --Publishers Weekly"
Author Information
LaChanze, an award-winning star of stage, film, and television, won a Tony Award for best leading actress in The Color Purple. Her numerous credits on Broadway include The Wiz, Once on this Island, Ragtime, Company, and Dessa Rose. She lives in Westchester, New York, with her husband and their three children. Brian Pinkney is an award-winning artist of several acclaimed books for children, including Duke Ellington, Hush, Little Baby, and The Faithful Friend. His many awards include two Caldecott Honors, four Coretta Scott King Honors and a Coretta Scott King Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He lives with his wife and their two children in Brooklyn, New York.
