Colors burst across each page with layers of collage-work emphasizing the richness of
Mitchell's influences and imagination. Will speak to readers just starting their own
exploration of artistic expression. -Booklist (starred review) Celebrate the captivating life
of Joni Mitchell the world-famous songbird who used her music to ignite and inspire an entire
generation in this stunning picture book biography from award-winning author and illustrator
Selina Alko. Joni Mitchell painted with words. Sitting at her piano or strumming the guitar
she turned the words into songs. The songs were like brushstrokes on a canvas saying things
that were not only happy or sad but true. But before composing more than two hundred songs
Joni was a young girl from a town on the Canadian prairie where she learned to love dancing
painting birdsong and piano. As she grew up into an artist Joni took her strong
feelings-feelings of love and frustration and the turbulence that came with being a young
woman-and wrote them into vivid songs. Brought to life by Selina Alko's rainbow collages and
lyrical language this heartfelt portrait of a feminist and folk icon is perfect for parents
children and music lovers everywhere. Back matter includes a letter from the author and Joni's
full discography. An inspired and creative ode to the inimitable Joni Mitchell.-Kirkus Layered
mixed-media collages featuring cut paper found images and colorful smears of paint
effectively evoke the richly rendered emotional landscapes of Mitchell's songwriting.
-Publishers Weekly
