Legendary Miss Lena Horne Holiday Komako Sakai is well known

Komako Sakai is well known for Emily’s Balloon and The Snow Day

lived extravagantly off of her royalties

and Brown's gouache and pencil illustrations give children lots of details to pore over

teaching her grandchildren the power of resilience

advent calendars offer an engaging way to kick off the holiday season

Legendary Miss Lena Horne Holiday Komako Sakai is well knownCelebrate the life of Lena Horne, the pioneering African American actress and civil rights activist, with this inspiring and powerful picture book from ALSC Childrens Literature Legacy Awardwinning author Carole Boston Weatherford. You have to be taught to be second class; youre not born that way. Lena Horne was born into the freedom struggle, to a family of teachers and activists. Her mother dreamed of being an actress, so Lena followed in her