Billie holiday biography/autobiography books for kids

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing.

She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.

Childhood

Eleanora Fagan was born on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia to African American unwed teenage couple Clarence Halliday and Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan.

Not long after Eleanora was born, Clarence abandoned his family to pursue a career as a jazz banjo player and guitarist.

Eleanora grew up in Baltimore and had a very difficult childhood.

Billie holiday biography/autobiography books for kids

Her mother often took what were then known as "transportation jobs", serving on passenger railroads. Eleanora lived in her aunt's house (her mother's married half-sister, Eva Miller) and was raised largely by her aunt's mother-in-law, Martha Miller.

The girl suffered from her mother's absences and being in others' care for her first deca