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Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song
Contributor(s): Grady, Cynthia (Author), Wood, Michele (Illustrator)

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 ISBN: 1467785504     ISBN-13: 9781467785501
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music - History
Dewey: 782.253
LCCN: 2015043907
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 1060(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 10.7" W x 8.3" L (0.85 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2016
Booklist 07/01/2016 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 45
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 174
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 182596
Reading Level: 6.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms--including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit.

Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.

Contributor Bio(s): Wood, Michele: -

Michele Wood is an illustrator, painter, and designer living in Indianapolis. Her first book, Going Back Home, was honored with an American Book Award. Wood's second book, I See the Rhythm, written by Toyomi Igus, received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. After illustrating Cynthia Grady's I Lay My Stitches Down, Wood was honored with the Ashley Bryan Award for Illustration and in 2016, she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for the book Chasing Freedom. Wood's work continues to be exhibited in major art spaces across the country.

Photo credit: Kevin Parker

Grady, Cynthia: -

Cynthia Grady is an author as well as a former middle school librarian and teacher. She lives in New Mexico where she plays music for her two rabbits, Finoa and Banjo. Visit her at www.cynthiagrady.com.
 
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