Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in small town North Carolina, Nina Simone was a musical prodigy. During her first performances, her voice was rich and sweet, but as the civil rights movement gained steam, Nina let out a thunderous roar as she protested racial discrimination. Traci Todd's 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Honoree introduces readers 4 to 8 to one of popular music's most talented and impassioned figures, while Christian Robinson beautifully pictures the story in collages that recall the works of Henri Matisse and Ezra Jack Keats.

"Todd's musical prose allows readers into Nina's perspective, and Robinson's scenes and portraits absolutely sing with energy, keeping pace perfectly with the text."—Kirkus Reviews