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Title Only the best : the exceptional life and fashion of Ann Lowe / by Kate Messner and Margaret E. Powell ; illustrated by Erin K. Robinson.
Author Messner, Kate, author.
Publication Info. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2022]
©2022
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J B LOWE    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B LOWE    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J B LOWE    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J B LOWE    Check Shelves
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
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Audience Age 6-9.
Grades K to 3.
Summary "Empowering and encouraging, this picture book biography of the first nationally known African American fashion designer, who dressed millionaires and movie stars, details her creative process as well as the obstacles she overcame to become the best"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Lowe, Ann Cole, 1898-1981 -- Juvenile literature.
African American fashion designers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women fashion designers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Fashion design -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Lowe, Ann Cole, 1898-1981.
African American fashion designers.
Women fashion designers.
Fashion design -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Picture books.
Added Author Powell, Margaret E. (Children's author), author.
Robinson, Erin, illustrator.
ISBN 9781452161600 (hardcover ; alk. paper) : $18.99
1452161607 (hardcover ; alk. paper)