Elisabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasnt hersit was her big brothersand it wasnt strung rightshe was left-handed. But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By eleven, shed written Freight Train, one of the most famous folk songs. And by the end of her life, everyone from the California beaches to the rolling hills of England knew her music. This lyrical, loving book from acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elisabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.|Elisabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasnt hersit was her big brothersand it wasnt strung rightshe was left-handed. But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By eleven, shed written Freight Train, one of the most famous folk songs. And by the end of her life, everyone from the California beaches to the rolling hills of England knew her music. This lyrical, loving book from acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elisabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.|Elisabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasnt hersit was her big brothersand it wasnt strung rightshe was left-handed. But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By eleven, shed written Freight Train, one of the most famous folk songs. And by the end of her life, everyone from the California beaches to the rolling hills of England knew her music. This lyrical, loving book from acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elisabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Chronicle Books .

Laura Veirs is a singer-songwriter and longtime fan of Elizabeth Cotten. This is her first picture book. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is based in Brooklyn, New York, and is an artist, activist, and the creator of Stop Telling Women to Smile. This is her first picture book.