Public Profile

ABOUT PATRICIA HRUBY POWELL

Patricia Hruby Powell is the author of Loving vs. Virginia (Chronicle 2017) a Junior Guild Selection and Arnold Adoff Poetry Award Honor;Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, honoree of a Sibert, Boston Globe Horn Book, Ragazzi International, Parents Choice Gold, CSK for Christian Robinson’s illustrations, and five starred reviews. Her other picture books are Blossom Tales and the bilingual Navajo/English Zinnia: How the Corn Was Saved and Frog Brings Rain. Her upcoming books are Struttin’ With Some Barbecue: Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz (Charlesbridge 2018) (Junior Library Guild Selection), Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker (Simon & Schuster 2019) and Women’s Suffrage Book (Chronicle 2020).

Patricia danced throughout Europe and the Americas speaking in her dances; she has performed as an aerial dancer, storyteller, is a retreat leader, a librarian, and has worked as a lithographer. Now she keynotes and presents at book conferences. She has received national awards and fellowships for her storytelling, choreography, and writing. www.talesforallages.com phpowell@talesforallages.com

I inspire kids to read. Author visits include discussion of writing her books, getting published; accented by dancing, storytelling, and at times, world-wide percussion instruments.