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Daddy Played the Blues
Contributor(s): Garland, Michael (Author), Garland, Michael (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0884485889     ISBN-13: 9780884485889
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Music
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2017937851
Age Level: 7-10
Grade Level: 2-5
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10" W x 9.2" L (1.23 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Locality - Chicago, Illinois
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 42 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
 
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Publisher Description:

Packing themselves into an old jalopy--with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the back--they joined the Great Migration from the impoverished Deep South to Chicago, where there was work to be had in the stockyards. Across the kids' laps lay Daddy's prized possession, a six-string guitar. Daddy worked hard to put food on the table, but what he really loved was playing the blues. This evocative tale of the African-American odyssey in search of a better life is also a homage to the uniquely American music that developed from African music and American spirituals, work songs, and folk ballads.

In the book's backmatter, Garland relates how he first heard and fell in love with blues music, beginning a lifelong fandom. Portraits and thumbnail biographies of great blues musicians and landmark songs complete this tribute to the great American music and the yearnings that produced it.

Fountas & Pinnell Level S


Contributor Bio(s): Garland, Michael: - MICHAEL GARLAND (Patterson, NY) is the illustrator of 75 children's picture books, half of which he also wrote. Miss Smith and the Haunted Library is a New York Times bestseller. Other recent books include Tilbury's A Season of Flowers, and Daddy Played the Blues, Lost Dog, Tugboat, Car Goes Far, Fish Had a Wish (starred review from Publisher's Weekly), Where's My Homework?, and Grandpa's Tractor (selected for the Original Art of Children's Book Show by the Society of Illustrators in New York). He has illustrated bestselling picture books for James Patterson, Gloria Estefan, and other celebrity authors, and his illustrations for Patterson's SantaKid were the inspiration for Saks Fifth Avenue's Christmas holiday window display in New York City. Garland's Christmas Magic has become a seasonal classic and is currently in development as an animated Christmas special. Michael makes school visits across the country.
 
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