“People might say little Mahalia Jackson was born with nothing, but she was born with something all right. A voice that was bigger than she was.” Nolan’s concise, conversational text traces the course of the Mahalia Jackson’s life from a shotgun shack in New Orleans to her years singing at Carnegie Hall and the March on Washington. John Holyfield’s expressionistic acrylic paintings capture the larger-than-life spirit of the great gospel singer, who was happiest “hollering” for the Lord in churches across the country. (Ages 4–8)