This lyrical, loving picture book from popular singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elizabeth Cottenone of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time. Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first timeIt wasn''t hers (it was her big brother''s), and it wasn''t strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she''d written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywherefrom the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of Englandknew her music. A Junior Library Guild selection "The message of never giving up on a dream, no matter the circumstances, will resonate deeply with readerspurchase for all picture book biography collections."School Library Journal,