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Roots and Blues: A Celebration
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Based on 185 Ratings and 57 Reviews

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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.... More
Book Information
PublisherClarion Books
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages96
ISBN-100547235542
ISBN-13978-0547235547
Publication Date01/03/2011
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About Arnold Adoff (Author) : Arnold Adoff is a published author, compiler, and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Arnold Adoff include Black Is Brown Is Tan.
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About Gregory Christie (Illustrator) : Gregory Christie is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Gregory Christie include Yesterday I Had the Blues, Jazz Baby, The Champ, and The Deaf M... more
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