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Blues Journey
By Christopher Myers (illustrator) and Walter Dean Myers
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Holiday House
Publication date February 1, 2003
Binding School and Library
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780823416134
ISBN-10 0823416135
Dimensions 0.50 by 11.50 by 9 in.
Original list price $18.95
Other format details juvenile
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The African experience in America is celebrated with a soulful, affecting blues poem and powerful paintings that detail the long journey from the Middle Passage to life today.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The blues aren't all sad. There's joy in the blues as well as heartbreak. Love discovered. Love lost. Love just around the corner.

In this beautiful tribute to the poetry and art of the blues, renowned author Walter Dean Myers collaborates with his son, award-winning illustrator Christopher Myers, in a true masterpiece of picture book creation filled with struggle, grief, hope, joy, and love.

Each original blues-style verse on a page calls out a response from the artist in striking tones of brown, black, white, and blue. Together, father and son weave an enchanting story of the creation of the blues through the experiences of African Americans from the end of slavery through the beginning of the civil rights movement.

This book is for older children who love music and their parents who will appreciate the layered sophistication of the striking artwork and interplay between art and text.

Includes an author's note explaining the birth and development of the blues, a timeline of blues milestones, and an explanatory glossary of terms in the blues. Together this content deepens the appreciation for the blues as a truly original art form.


A Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor book.
An ALA Notable book.


Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9781595194299
 
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | Har/cas edition from Live Oak Media (September 15, 2005)
9781595194299 | details & prices | 11.25 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | Har/com edition from Live Oak Media (August 31, 2005)
9781595194336 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.20 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780823420797 Book cover for 9781595194329
 
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | Pck una edition from Live Oak Media (January 30, 2007)
9781595194343 | details & prices | 8.50 × 11.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 2.00 lbs | List price $47.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | Pck pap/ca edition from Live Oak Media (January 30, 2007)
9781595194305 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.90 lbs | List price $49.95
About: The opening verse of this latest father/son collaboration probes the very essence of a form--and a feeling; it asks the question that anyone who has sought solace in music can relate to.
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | Pap/cas edition from Live Oak Media (January 30, 2007)
9781595194282 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | Pap/com edition from Live Oak Media (January 30, 2007)
9781595194329 | details & prices | 8.50 × 11.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | from Holiday House (December 15, 2006)
9780823420797 | details & prices | 48 pages | 8.50 × 10.75 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.44 lbs | List price $8.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.
School and Library
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The price comparison is for this edition
With Christopher Myers (other contributor) | from Holiday House (February 1, 2003)
9780823416134 | details & prices | 11.50 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.95 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A blues poem offers the history of the African American experience.

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