HarperCollins

9780062671295

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Joni: The Lyrical Life of Joni Mitchell

Selina Alko conveys the life of musician Joni Mitchell in this vivaciously illustrated picture book biography.

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Review of ‘Joni: The Lyrical Life of Joni Mitchell’

Selina Alko (Why Am I Me?, Can I Touch Your Hair?) introduces readers to Roberta Joan Anderson “before the songs” in Joni: The Lyrical Life of Joni Mitchell, the first picture book biography of the folk music icon.

Living in a small town in Canada, young Joni felt like “an upside-down bird on a…

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