Dream a dress, dream a poem : dressmaker and poet, Myra Viola Wilds / by Nancy Johnson James ; illustrated by Diana Ejaita.
| Author/creator | James, Nancy Johnson author. |
| Other author | Ejaita, Diana, illustrator. |
| Other author | Abrams (Publishing company), publisher. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Cameron Kids, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Dressmaker and poet, Myra Viola Wilds |
| Abstract | "Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity. She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, and one night Myra woke in the middle of the night and wrote a poem she called 'Sunshine.' She kept writing. She wrote the lush-green, sweet-corn yellow, cerulean-blue, sunshine-y world from memory, collecting her poems into a book. Written in Wilds's style, this illustrated biography celebrates a talented poet who lived an extraordinary life. From dresses to poems, follow Myra as she finds there is more than one path to creativity"--Inside jacket flap. |
| Genre/form | Biographical poetry. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Picture books. |
| Genre/form | Creative nonfiction. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Poésie biographique. |
| Genre/form | Essais fictionnels. |
| ISBN | 9781951836535 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1951836537 (hardcover) |
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