Description: "Joni Mitchell painted with words. Sitting at her piano or strumming the guitar, she turned the words into songs. The songs were like brushstrokes on a canvas, saying things that were not only happy or sad but true. But before composing more than two hundred songs, Joni was a young girl from a town on the Canadian prairie, where she learned to love dancing, painting, birdsong, and piano. As she grew up into an artist, Joni took her strong feelings--feelings of love and frustration, and the turbulence that came with being a young woman--and wrote them into vivid songs."--Provided by publisher.
Brief description:
Selina Alko grew up in Canada, like Joni Mitchell. And like Joni, Selina has been a painter since she was a child. She loves mixing materials together to create artwork for her award-winning children's books. Besides working in her studio, Selina likes to travel, be involved in her community, and spend time with her children. Selina makes her home in Brooklyn, New York, with her family and their two parakeets, Sunny and Snowy.
Review Quotes:
"An inspired and creative ode to the inimitable Joni Mitchell." - Kirkus Reviews
"Colors burst across each page, with layers of collage-work emphasizing the richness of Mitchell's influences and imagination...Will speak to readers just starting their own exploration of artistic expression...Young people will be inspired to explore Mitchell's discography and appreciate the influential singer." - Booklist (starred review)