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Just Being Audrey
Margaret Cardillo
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Description for Just Being Audrey
Hardback. This book for younger readers pays a stunning tribute to one of America's most beloved icons--Audrey Hepburn. Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Denos, Julia. Num Pages: 32 pages, Full colour. BIC Classification: YNF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 285 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 336.
From Roman Holiday to Breakfast at Tiffany's, when Audrey Hepburn starred in a movie, she lit up the screen. Her unique sense of fashion, her grace, and, most important, her spirit made her beloved by generations. But her life offscreen was even more luminous. As a little girl growing up in Nazi-occupied Europe, she learned early on that true kindness is the greatest measure of a person-and it was a lesson she embodied as she became one of the first actresses to use her celebrity to shine a light on the impoverished children of the world through her work with ... Read more
From Roman Holiday to Breakfast at Tiffany's, when Audrey Hepburn starred in a movie, she lit up the screen. Her unique sense of fashion, her grace, and, most important, her spirit made her beloved by generations. But her life offscreen was even more luminous. As a little girl growing up in Nazi-occupied Europe, she learned early on that true kindness is the greatest measure of a person-and it was a lesson she embodied as she became one of the first actresses to use her celebrity to shine a light on the impoverished children of the world through her work with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
32
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061852831
SKU
V9780061852831
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Ref
99-35
About Margaret Cardillo
Margaret Cardillo earned her MFA in creative writing as a James A. Michener Fellow at the University of Miami. A former children's book editor in New York City, she now lives in South Florida. The hardest question for Julia Denos to answer is "What is your favorite color?" She has illustrated several children's books, including Just Being ... Read more
Reviews for Just Being Audrey
"Denos' soft pastel illustrations cut just the right Audrey outline (complete with flapping neck scarf), and fans will especially enjoy picking out the movie roles depicted in a two-page spread of costumes."
Booklist "Audrey Hepburn proves as irresistible a character in the pages of a children's book as she is in those soigne roles of the silver screen."
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Booklist "Audrey Hepburn proves as irresistible a character in the pages of a children's book as she is in those soigne roles of the silver screen."
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