Yes, you have seen this book on the blog. I am highlighting it again because it is a 2010 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book! Congratulations!
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
by Gary Golio (Author) and Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Jimi loved sound and color…and he grew up to be one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
Snippet:
Sweeping up his room one day, Jimmy
stopped and held the broom in his arms.
He strummed on the bristles,
sliding his fingers
back and forth along the wooden handle.Was this what it felt like to hold a real
guitar–to swing it up and down,
to make music while you sang?
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up is at Great Kid Books.
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