She Sang for India: How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change

by Suma Subramaniam

Book Overview

A picture book biography about M.S. Subbulakshmi, a powerful Indian singer who advocated for justice and peace through song.

Before M.S. Subbulakshmi was a famous Carnatic singer and the first Indian woman to perform at the United Nations, she was a young girl with a prodigious voice.

But Subbulakshmi was not free to sing everywhere. In early 1900s India, girls were not allowed to perform for the public. So Subbulakshmi busted barriers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374388741
• ISBN13: 9780374388744
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3