# Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent - Hardcover

by **Matthew Burgess** (Author), **Kara Kramer** (Illustrator)

**Deeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, artist, designer, and educator Corita Kent was a nun like no other!**

_A 2022 Bologna Ragazzi Award Amazing Bookshelf Selection  
__A 2022 ALA Notable Children's Book  
__A_ Booklist _Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2021__A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books of 2021  
__A_ Marginalian _(formerly_ Brain Pickings_) Loveliest Children's Book of 2021  
__A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022, of Outstanding Merit  
__Nominated for a 2021 Ezra Jack Keats Writing Award  
__Featured in the 2021 Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibition  
__A 2021 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Children's Nonfiction  
__A_ Booklist _Top Ten Arts Books for Youth of 2021  
__A CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center)_ Choices _Best Children's Book, 2022  
__Stars from Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and more!_

Corita Kent (1918-1986) lived a remarkable life as an artist, educator, nun, and activist. Unapologetically holding true to herself and her beliefs, Corita spread a powerful message of love, hope, and justice with her work, as it evolved from figurative and religious art, to serigraphs incorporating the sacred and the ordinary, to a sparser, more introspective style.  
This timely story will draw readers into the life of a singular woman whose work and commitment invite us all to seek joy in the everyday, to observe the world with open eyes, and to question and see beyond the existing frameworks of society.  
Thoughtfully written by Matthew Burgess and vibrantly illustrated by Kara Kramer, this beautiful biography, made in close collaboration with the Corita Art Center, includes reproductions of Corita's works, a chronology, and author and illustrator notes.

### Author Biography

**Matthew Burgess** is a full-time professor at Brooklyn College and a part-time teaching artist in New York City public schools. He was fascinated by the lives of saints as a child, and now he loves sharing the stories of his artistic heroes with young readers. Matthew is also the author of _Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings_ and _Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring_. He lives with his husband in Brooklyn and Berlin.

**Kara Kramer** is a mixed media artist, and illustrator who loves to PLORK with all mediums. She has taught creative art workshops for both children and adults. Ever since she was little, her happiest hours are spent moving her hands to make something new. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.

**Number of Pages:** 80

**Dimensions:** 0.55 x 12.05 x 11.26 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 07, 2021

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