Ella Fitzgerald was a famous singer that was especially known for her talents back in the 1940s. After her discovery at a local talent show in 1934 she sang for the majority of her life. A slick talking cat narrates and tells the ins and outs of her life and career. This book is piece of art itself! The illustrations are colorful and the language used is similar to the language they would've used in Harlem back in the 40s.
All the illustrations in this book were made by using types of scratch art. After reading and discussing the book with the students, I would ask them to make their own scratch art piece! First, they would have to write about something that they found interesting about Ella Fitzgerald. Then, they would make a scratch are piece of Ella depicting any part of her life that was in the book.
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