Whoopi Goldberg (Jr Blk) (Pbk)(Oop) (Junior Black Americans of Achievement) [Library Binding]

Sandor Katz (Author), See Editorial Dept (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996 | Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Junior Black Americans of Achievement

Here is a revealing look at the dynamic Academy Award-winning actress and popular comedian, from her many years of poverty to her involvement with Comic Relief and her successful stand-up and film career. Photos.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8. Borrowing the cover illustration and direct quotes from Rose Blue's biography for older readers, Whoopi Goldberg (Chelsea, 1994), this biography provides a wide range of facts about and a few colorful insights into Goldberg's life. Katz opens with a description of the performer's first big Broadway success and then goes on to describe her early life in New York City. Following her career from repertory theater to the triumph of earning an Academy Award, the book never loses sight of Goldberg's thoughts and feelings about her profession and the causes that are important to her. Many black-and-white photos accompany the narrative, showing both candid shots and publicity photos from her stage and screen work. One annoyance, however, are italicized words within the text that later show up in the glossary. Besides not giving an explanation as to what the italics might mean, Katz uses a disparate list of terms, ranging from apartheid to dyslexia to medium, as in psychic medium. Still, this is a good choice for libraries seeking to enhance their collections of biographies of notable African Americans, women, and current celebrities.?Carol Fazioli, Cardinal Hayes Library, Manhattan College, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

[SERIES LAST REVIEWED IN BKL S 1 91, under Dolan, Sean. Gr. 4^-7.] --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 79 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791044505
• ISBN-13: 978-0791044506
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,737,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandor Ellix Katz is the author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods (Chelsea Green, 2003). He travels widely teaching people simple fermentation techniques. A native of New York City, he now gardens, saves seeds, tends goats and chickens, and produces biodiesel from used fry oil in an off-the-grid community in the hills of Tennessee.