Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff, R. Gregory Christie A masterful celebration of blues music and the people who created it, from a beloved children's poet Format: eBook ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547758640 ISBN-10: 0547758642 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 01/03/2011 Carton Quantity: 1 Grade Level: 5,6,7 Age Range: 10,11,12
About the Book About the Authors Reviews About the Book 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. Subjects People & Places/United States/African American History/United States/General Poetry/General Music/General Music/History Related Subjects Cultural Diversity Black History Month People & Places: North America African American Interest Performing Arts Slavery Poetry About the Author Arnold Adoff 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. R. Gregory Christie 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. Excerpts Reviews "This exquisite collection of poems and paintings celebrates the history and culture of blues music."—School Library Journal, starred review"In this visceral collaboration, Adoff and Christie honor the enduring legacy of blues music . . .This is a challenging, open-hearted collection with images and poems that bleed into one another, but also stand powerfully alone."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"An incandescent, important work."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Christie provides arresting and soul-stirring paintings that echo the poems here and add texture and harmony there, but Adoff’s poems are themselves things to be savored visually as well as out loud."—Booklist, starred review