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A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia Hohn
4.0
"Before she became a Jamaican icon, Miss Lou was a girl who just wanted to be heard in the language she loved."
This is a wonderfully written picture book about Louise Bennett-Coverley's early years of finding her voice in Jamaica. This story celebrates her courage to take the risk of writing in the voice of her people and culture. There are samples of her writing throughout the book mixed in with vibrant pictures. There is patois in the poems that I was unfamiliar with but I was pleasantly surprised to find a glossary in the back. To conclude the initial story of her beginnings there is a short biography at the end that gives us a look at her continued life and influence. She was a poet, storyteller and radio personality. Her work helped bring patios to the world in a new light.
This is a wonderfully written picture book about Louise Bennett-Coverley's early years of finding her voice in Jamaica. This story celebrates her courage to take the risk of writing in the voice of her people and culture. There are samples of her writing throughout the book mixed in with vibrant pictures. There is patois in the poems that I was unfamiliar with but I was pleasantly surprised to find a glossary in the back. To conclude the initial story of her beginnings there is a short biography at the end that gives us a look at her continued life and influence. She was a poet, storyteller and radio personality. Her work helped bring patios to the world in a new light.