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c2003, Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Recounts the life of the famous blues singer who flourished during the 1920s.
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[2013], NBM/ComicsLit Call No: GN Betty Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Little Rice Duck has made a reputation for himself in the West Wood, playing his trumpet for the denizens of smoky, sweaty bars. However, his reputation is taking him away from his flame, Betty, and she can't handle being apart from him--and so drowns her need in alcohol.
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1999., Rosen Publishing Call No: 781.643 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book traces the origins of blues music, its evolution in the United States, and its influence on jazz and rock and roll.
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[2003], Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 811 .54 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: A collection of African-American blues poetry which reflects the "black experience," and offers remarkable illustrations with blue tones.
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c2003., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 811 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the poetry of the blues with words which is America's music of the way the black people lived.
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c2003., Holiday House Call No: LS 811.54 Mye Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents blues lyrics that chronicle the history of the African-American experience, and includes information about the development of blues music.
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c2003., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 811 .54 MYERS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents blues lyrics that chronicle the history of the African-American experience, and includes information about the development of blues music.
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2003., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 811 MYERS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents blues lyrics that chronicle the history of the African-American experience, and includes information about the development of blues music.
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c2016., Primary, AV2 by Weigl Call No: ENF 781.64309 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Let’s read! in Spanish and English.Summary Note: Young readers will learn that blues songs are often about hard times and hope for a better life.
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c2000., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: To escape an abusive master, a junkyard dog named Flats runs away and makes a name for himself from Mississippi to New York City playing blues on his guitar.
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c2001., Juvenile, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collective biography of ten African-American blues singers, including Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Mahalia Jackson, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, and James Brown.
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c2001., Juvenile, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Amistad Call No: FIC WILLIAMS-GARCIA Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, dies and his mother forbids him from playing the blues, Clayton runs away to find his grandfather's blues group, the "Bluesmen," to join them on the road. While on his journey through New York City, Clayton learns things that surprise him and help him find his way home.
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[2017], Pre-adolescent, Amistad Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, dies and his mother forbids him from playing the blues, Clayton runs away to find his grandfather's blues group, the "Bluesmen," to join them on the road. While on his journey through New York City, Clayton learns things that surprise him and help him find his way home.
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2021., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Mystery Fic Jackson Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After being singled out by legendary R&B artist Korey Fields, Enchanted Jones believes her life is made. Soon she realizes that Korey has a dark and controlling side and when he turns up murdered, Enchanted is the obvious suspect.
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c2013., Lucent Books/Gale Cengage Learning Call No: 781.64309 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Music librarySummary Note: This book discusses the origins of the blues and explains how it was the first distinctly American music because it included rhythms and musical elements derived from African music, such as call and response and blue notes, that were foreign to Western music.
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By Young, Kevin2005., Knopf Call No: 811.54 You Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of poetry based on African-American idioms which reflect the blues and simple joy.
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1993., Abbeville Press Call No: 781.643 COH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eleven essays trace the origins of the Blues, early recordings, different styles, and more. Photographs of many of the musicians are included.
