Roots and Blues: A Celebration

Roots and Blues: A Celebration

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 â€œshaped speechâ€ 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.
Country USA
Brand Clarion
Manufacturer Clarion Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber FBA-|299755
Model FBA-|299755
ReleaseDate 2011-01-03
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9780547235547

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