Ryan, Pam Muñoz.

When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2002. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 32 cm.

At head of title: Scholastic Press, New York, presents. "Season of two thousand and two."

Includes bibliographic references and discography.

An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.

ISBN: 0439269679

LCCN: 2001049508

Subjects--Personal Names:
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Contraltos--United States--Biography.
Singers.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

LC Class. No.: ML3930.A5 / R93 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 782.1/092 B