Blues Journey [With CD (Audio)]

from AnnieGoodwin

"Blues Journey" by Walter Dean Myers tells the story of the birth of blues. The story begins with the end of slavery and continues through the Civil Rights Movement. This text gives recognition to difference people, places, and events that were pivotal in the African-American struggle for rights,...

from AnnieGoodwin

"Blues Journey" by Walter Dean Myers tells the story of the birth of blues. The story begins with the end of slavery and continues through the Civil Rights Movement. This text gives recognition to difference people, places, and events that were pivotal in the African-American struggle for rights,...

from chrismyersgroup

This is a fantastic book that covers everything about the blues, from a brief description of the blues style to a glossary of blues terms. The text is comprised of strains from blues songs. The pictures have been created by using only blue ink, white paint, and brown paper bags. This is truly rem...

from brandib90

The "Blues Journey" takes its readers on a journey through the emotions of the people in the pictures. The illustrator did a wonderful job in creating pictures that mirrored what the words were saying. This book is a poetry/song book; this is because the way that the story is written could be put...

from ocosta1

I liked this book for it's writing and illustrations. I liked how the author repeated certain lines in his poem. For example, one stanza is "Blues, won't you free me,/let all this suffering cease?/Said blues, wont you free me,/let all this suffering cease?" The repetition of the line expresses th...