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Hohn, Nadia L.

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice

32 pp. | Owlkids | August, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77147-350-7 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. Readers meet Louise Bennett Coverley (1919–2006), a Jamaican poet, musician, storyteller, and broadcaster known as "Miss Lou." Her "dialect poems sounded like the speech of everyday Jamaicans"; as a schoolchild, however, she was discouraged from writing anything but "proper English." Fernandes's vibrant textured illustrations reflect young Coverley's creativity and enthusiasm. Hohn's author's note includes her inspiration plus more about Coverley and Jamaican patois. Glos.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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