MAKE MEATBALLS SING: The Life & Art of Corita Kent
Words by Matthew Burgess * Pictures by Kara Kramer
Enchanted Lion Books * A Junior Library Guild Selection
ISBN: 978-1-59270-316-6 / 11” (W) x 11” (H) • 80 Pages • HCJ
★ A 2022 Bologna Ragazzi Award Amazing Bookshelf Selection
★ A 2022 ALA Notable Children's Book
★ A Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2021
★ A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books of 2021
★ A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Loveliest Children's Book of 2021
★ A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022, of Outstanding Merit
★ A 2021 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Children's Nonfiction
★ A Booklist Top Ten Arts Books for Youth of 2021
★ A CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center) Choices Best Children’s Book, 2022
“The text shines with a deeply felt reverence for Corita’s work and makes explicit her influence as a teacher, artist, and activist…. Delightful. Plork!” –STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus
“Burgess’s captivating picture book biography of Sister Corita Kent (1918–1986) tells the story of a person and an artist always in a state of becoming…. It’s a thoughtfully rendered introduction to an endlessly inspiring artist.” –STARRED REVIEW, Publisher’s Weekly
“This joyful volume will not only introduce her to children but encourage creative exploration and play.” —STARRED REVIEW, Booklist
“Burgess and Kramer work together seamlessly to tell us about Kent’s childhood, her inspirations, her religious vocation, her place in the Pop Art movement, and her activism. This is a complex story, but Burgess’s text, related with a clean, typewriter font, gives the perfect amount of information.” –STARRED REVIEW, Youth Services Book Review
Corita Kent lived a remarkable life as an artist, educator, nun, and activist. Unapologetically true to herself and her beliefs, she spread a powerful message of love, hope, and justice through her work as an artist and teacher—a message as relevant and inspiring to us today as it was to those whose lives she touched. This timely picture-book biography will draw readers into the life of a singular woman whose boldness and sense of fun invite us all to observe the world with fresh eyes, to see beyond what is and imagine all that could be. Please support your local independent bookstore.
