Description: "A picture book biography of pioneering guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe"--
Review Quotes: ★ "Pinkney Barlow smartly uses lively onomatopoeia and crisp, textured collage art to layer the origins of the subject's sound onto every page."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "Perhaps most impressive is the sense of place achieved by both text and art: Readers will truly feel as though they've visited Cotton Plant and met many of its animated, expressive denizens."--BookPage, starred review ★ Black Caucus American Library Association Best of the Best List, 2023 ★ A Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, 2024 ★ Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Award Honor, 2024, Cleveland Public Library★ A New York Public Library Vibrant Voices pick, 2024 "Barlow captures the delight of [Tharpe's] voice in her new picture book."--The New York Times
"An inspiring story that may encourage others to pick up an instrument and make it speak."--The Horn Book "Speaks to all children with music in their heads while introducing an unjustly little-known pioneer."--Kirkus Reviews "[A] pitch-perfect picture-book biography. . . . This upbeat, harmonious portrait of the "Godmother of Rock and Roll" as a child hits all the right notes."--Booklist "An overdue narrative of one of early rock's most influential figures."--School Library Journal "Fabulous."--The Globe and Mail
"Onomatopoeia brings a playful rhythm as "Little Rosetta" finds inspiration in everyday moments, and her journey from novice musician to fluent guitarist is relayed with authentic struggles and self-doubt."--The Bulletin
"'Little Rosetta' finds inspiration in everyday moments, and her journey from novice musician to fluent guitarist is relayed with authentic struggles and self-doubt."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books