Dream a dress, dream a poem : dressmaker and poet, Myra Viola Wilds /
"Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity. She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Cameron Kids,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity. She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, and one night Myra woke in the middle of the night and wrote a poem she called 'Sunshine.' She kept writing. She wrote the lush-green, sweet-corn yellow, cerulean-blue, sunshine-y world from memory, collecting her poems into a book. Written in Wilds's style, this illustrated biography celebrates a talented poet who lived an extraordinary life. From dresses to poems, follow Myra as she finds there is more than one path to creativity"--Inside jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Awards: | Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies, 2026 |
| ISBN: | 9781951836535 1951836537 |