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A beautiful picture book about Ann Cole Lowe, a little-known African-American fashion designer who battled personal and social adversity in order to pursue her passion of making beautiful gowns and went on to become one of society's top designers.Wisps of cloth would fall from their worktables like confetti, and Ann would scoop them up and turn them into flowers as bright as roses in the garden. Ann's family came from Alabama. Her great grandma had been a slave, so her family knew about working hard just to get by. As soon as Ann Cole Lowe could walk, her momma and grandma taught her to sew. She worked near her momma in their Alabama family shop in the early 1900s, making glorious dresses for women who went to fancy parties. When Ann was 16, her momma died, and Ann continued sewing dresses.



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Deborah Blumenthal

Deborah Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and nutritionist who writes books for children and adults. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times (including four years as the Sunday New York Times Magazine beauty columnist) , and a home design columnist for Long Island Newsday. Her health, fitness, beauty, travel, and feature stories have appeared widely in many other newspapers and national magazines including New York's Daily News, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Self, GQ, and Vogue. Blumenthal is the author of sixteen picture books, including, VIOLET VELVET MITTENS WITH EVERYTHING: THE FABULOUS LIFE OF DIANA VREELAND; SAVING STELLA: A DOG'S DRAMATIC ESCAPE FROM WAR; PARROTS, PUGS, AND PIXIE DUST: A BOOK About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber; POLKA DOT PARADE: A Book about Bill Cunningham, the iconic New York Times fashion photographer; and FANCY PARTY GOWNS: The Story of Ann Cole Lowe. Her picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, was the winner of the Missouri Show Me Readers Award for 2012-2013. She has also written five young adult novels: FAT CAMP, THE LIFEGUARD, MAFIA GIRL, A DIFFERENT ME, and her HURRICANE KISS, and four adult novels: FAT CHANCE, WHAT MEN WANT, SOMEONE ELSE'S LOVE LETTER, and COSMOPOLITAN LIFE.Upcoming are FRANK, WHO LIKED TO BUILD: THE ARCHITECTURE OF FRANK GEHRY, to be published by Kar-Ben, March 2022, and UFOoos! co-authored by Ralph Blumenthal, to be published by The University of New Mexico Press in 2023.Blumenthal lives in New York City.visit her on the web at:www.deborahblumenthal.com



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