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Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix

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Based on 263 Ratings and 105 Reviews

Book Description

Jimi Hendrix was many things: a superstar, a rebel, a hero, an innovator. But first, he was a boy named Jimmy who loved to draw and paint and listen to records. A boy who played air guitar with a broomstick and longed for a real guitar of his own. A boy who asked himself a question: Could someone paint pictures with sound?
This a story of a talented child who learns to see, hear, and i... More

Book Information
PublisherClarion Books
BindingHardcover (7 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages32
ISBN-100618852794
ISBN-13978-0618852796
Publication Date10/04/2010
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About Gary Golio (Author) : Gary is the author of JIMI: Sounds Like A Rainbow (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), When Bob Met Woody - The Story of the Young Bob Dylan (Little, Brown), and the forthcoming Spirit Seeker: John Co... more
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About Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator) : Javaka Steptoe is a published author, editor, illustrator, and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Javaka Steptoe include Rain Play, The Jones Family Express.
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