• Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton

Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton

Author
Illustrator
Edwin Fotheringham
Publication Date
September 20, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton

Description

This inspirational and dazzlin' story of Dolly Parton--noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian--follows her rise to fame, from her beginnings in East Tennessee to performing to thousands at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

Dolly is a little girl with a BIG voice. Music fills Dolly's heart so plumb full she has to let it out! She'll even sing to her cornhusk dolls or a pen full of pigs. She makes her own drum from a pot and her own guitar from a broken mandolin. But what Dolly dreams of is performing for a real audience--people who would hear her sing, and applaud! And when she gets her big break at age ten, the soul-singin' and big-dreamin' Dolly discovers she's scared to sing on stage in front of all those people. Will she summon up all of her courage and make it to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville? Young readers will learn about Dolly's early history, her endless creativity, and her plucky perseverance in this entertaining picture book that's perfect for fans of all ages.

Publication date
September 20, 2022
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9781635928419
Lexile Measure
900
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Calkins Creek Books
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF007040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF036000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | General
Library of Congress categories
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Kirkus

A new generation will understand why we will always love this iconic singer/songwriter.
Suzanne Slade
Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of more than one hundred children's books, including A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon, Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon, Dangerous Jane, and Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. She lives with her husband outside Chicago, Illinois, where the magic of the Globetrotters first began. She invites you to visit her online at suzanneslade.com.

Don Tate
is an award-winning author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas, Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, Strong as Sandow: How Eugen Sandow Became the Strongest Man on Earth, and Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton. Don lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and son, and he invites you to visit him online at dontate.com.
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