LUCY!: HOW LUCILLE BALL DID IT ALL, by Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, Brigette Barrager, Abrams Books for Young Readers, March 19, 2024, Hardcover, $19.99 (ages 4-8)
Learn about trailblazing comedian Lucille Ball in Lucy: How Lucille Ball Did it All, by Amy Guglielmo , Jacqueline Tourville and Brigette Barrager.
Lucy was not a proper little girl. She was sassy. She was bold. She was funny. She was a rule-breaking, chance-taking, comedy pioneer.
Can’t act? Can’t sing? Can’t dance? Lucy proves them all wrong—and then has the last laugh when she finally lets her inner funny girl shine. In 1951, the hit show I Love Lucy took television by storm, and has made millions laugh ever since.
Lucy! is the true story of how Lucille Ball overcame the odds to become the world’s Queen of Comedy. —Synopsis provided by Abrams Books for Young Readers
Lucille Ball is an iconic actress who changed the face of television. Lucy! tells her story from childhood through the taping of I Love Lucy. Bright, conversational text from Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville reads like it comes from a storyteller. The pauses and phrasing make it fun to read aloud.
The text sets the framework on which Brigette Barrager’s radiant watercolor ink and Photoshop illustrations come to life. Barrager’s linework illustrations not only emphasize the time periods but the action, as well. In her work, you truly see Lucille Ball.
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