Blues Journey

Name: Blues Journey
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Walter Dean Myers
ISBN: 9781430109167

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Narrator: Richard Allen

Unabridged: 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 01/01/2005

Categories: Children's Fiction, Performing Arts Stories

Synopsis

The opening line of this call and response style verse asks the question that forms the thread throughout – Blues, what you mean to me? In a magnificent collaboration of words, art, and song, a timeline of the blues is presented in a soulful reading and dramatic musical accompaniment that offers a compelling evocation of the blues experience. A Live Oak Media audio production.

About Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award Finalist as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James

I listened to this as an audiobook. Although the physical copy may be filled with great illustrations, the audiobook is sung. It is wonderful! The best part of this book is the education it gives readers about what “the blues” is and how this art form came to be.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

Wonderful, lyrical picture book about the uniquely American musical form known as the blues. This book contains so much! The introduction is a fascinating history of the blues, and the final section contains a timeline & glossary. The story itself is beautifully rendered and illustrated. Pairs well......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay

The blue watercolor is stunning.......more