Big Buddy Books An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www abdopublishing com by Sarah Tieck
www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Big Buddy Books is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 092014 012015 Cover Photo Chris Pizzello Invision AP Interior Photos AFP Getty Images p 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS pp 11 15 17 19 20 21 22 Getty Images pp 11 27 iStockphoto com pp 8 11 Frank Micelotta Invision AP p 15 Chris Pizzello Invision AP p 28 Jordan Strauss Invision AP p 5 Charles Sykes Invision AP p 25 WireImage p 7 Coordinating Series Editor Rochelle Baltzer Contributing Editors Bridget O’Brien Marcia Zappa Graphic Design Maria Hosley Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tieck Sarah 1976 author Shakira international music star Sarah Tieck pages cm Big buddy biographies Audience 7-11 ISBN 978-1-62403-573-9 1 Shakira Juvenile literature 2 Singers Latin America Biography Juvenile literature I Title ML3930 S46T54 2015 782 42164092 dc23 B 2014026440
Shakira Singing Star 4 Family Ties 6 Growing Up 9 Belly Dancer 10 Starting Out 12 New Opportunities 14 Big Break 18 The Voice 23 A Singer’s Life 24 Off the Stage 26 Buzz 29 Snapshot 30 Important Words 31 Websites 31 Index 32 Contents Contents