A Bank Street College of Education 2025 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award Winner
An ALSC 2025 Notable Children’s Book
Winner of the 2025 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration
★ “Westergaard’s highly dimensional collage work, patterned and embellished with block prints, brush pens, and colored pencil, leans into portraiture and stage scenes in this ode to a beloved figure—’our one and only/ Googoosh.'” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “More than just a loving tribute to one particular singer, this is a rich concoction of immigrant yearning . . . A radiant love letter to a treasured artist—and to a long gone way of life.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “Complex and painstaking illustrations—tea-dyed paper, block prints of hand-carved stamps, brush pens, colored pencils, and collages of paper and cardboard—showcase the art as a clear labor of love. The text is lyrically and sensorialy evocative, conveying devotion to country and pain of separation.” —The Horn Book, starred review
“This picture-book biography offers loving tribute, not only to Googoosh’s career but to pre-revolutionary Iran, as the author shares childhood memories of favorite foods, sights, and sounds, including dancing and singing with friends to Googoosh’s latest releases. This is a lovely celebration on an iconic performer.” —Booklist
“Enticing glimpses of both a country’s troubled history and of a cultural icon who will be new to most young audiences.” —School Library Journal
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