

Muddy
Author: Michael Mahin, Andy T. Jones
Narrator: Damany Jackson
Unabridged: 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 07/10/2018
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, Music
Author: Michael Mahin, Andy T. Jones
Narrator: Damany Jackson
Unabridged: 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 07/10/2018
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, Music
Michael Mahin has loved music ever since his grandmother gave him his first piano lesson at the age of five. Inspired by people like Muddy Waters who, despite great suffering, have found the courage to be themselves in a world that wants them to be something else, he writes books that he hopes inspire kids to do the same. He lives with his family in San Diego, California.
Damany Jackson was born in Detroit and graduated from Wayne State University with a BFA in theater. After spending a few years in New York, he moved to Los Angeles, where he's spent over fifteen years doing voiceover, narrating audiobooks, and performing on both television and stage.
Evan Turk is an author, illustrator, and animator. An Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor winner, he is the illustrator of the award-winning book Grandfather Gandhi and its companion Be the Change. He is also the author and illustrator of The Storyteller and Heartbeat. Originally from Colorado, he loves traveling and learning about other cultures through drawing. For more information, visit EvanTurk.com.
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A corrective to the question asked by the Beatles upon their arrival in the US, "Don't you know your own famous people?" This is a children's picture book biography of Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), one of the progenitors of modern American music. Evan Turk's Illustrations are gorgeous and dra......more
Muddy is amazing! The illustrations pop--they're unique and gorgeous and utterly awesome. The text is lovely too--rhythmic and inspiring and lyrical. This picture book biography, a perfect introduction to Muddy Waters, also manages to impart the lesson of being true to yourself. Highly recommended.......more
I am going to have to come back later to form words for this title. Right night all I can say is it is simply glorious. The story and the illustrations. There is no illustrator today quite like Evan Turk. In a perfect world his name would be as popular and widely known as Mo Willems. Different art t......more
I had the pleasure of accessing an Advanced Reader Copy. This book fires on all cylinders. The writing is lyrical and emotional. The artwork is stunning. I was not surprised to learn that it was nominated for the "Mock Caldecott" award. A great non-fiction story about the blues, perseverance and ove......more