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Roots and Blues: A Celebration
Contributor(s): Adoff, Arnold (Author), Christie, R. Gregory (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0547235542     ISBN-13: 9780547235547
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2009026625
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.94" W x 9.7" L (0.91 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Awards: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Junior Book, 2012
Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/2011 pg. 69
Publishers Weekly 11/29/2010
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2011
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2010 pg. 1261
School Library Journal 02/01/2011 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 463 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2011 pg. 2117
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2012 pg. 11
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 33
 
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Publisher Description:

Through poems and poetic prose pieces, acclaimed children's author Arnold Adoff celebrates that uniquely American form of music called the blues. In his signature "shaped speech" style, he creates a narrative of moments and joyous music, from the drums of the ancestors, the red dirt of the plantations, the current of the mighty Mississippi, and the shackles, blood, and tears of slavery. Each chop of the ax is a beat, each lash of the whip fashions another line on the musical staff. But each sound also creates the chords and harmonies that preserve the ancestors and their stories, and sustain life, faith, and hope into our own times.


Contributor Bio(s): Christie, R. Gregory: - R. Gregory Christie is a Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winner and a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award recipient. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Please visit his website to learn more: www.gas-art.com.Adoff, Arnold: - Arnold Adoff is the recipient of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children for the body of his work. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio. To learn more, please visit www.arnoldadoff.com.
 
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