Awards Honor Book (2003) - Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - (Picture Book) Contributor(s):Author: Walter Dean Myers Illustrator: Christopher Myers 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.
The pair's first composition wandered through a Harlem collage, depicting a call, a song, the mood indigo, a language of darkness.
This new duet is the blues: verbally and visually, it explores the idiom while exemplifying it.
A call and response accompanies each painting.
As the journey progresses, the lyrics and art look at loss through the lenses of slavery, poverty, lynching, love spurned, fear of dying and of living.
An author's note provides a lucid description of the history, elements, and importance of the blues.
Review citations Kirkus Review - Children / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.
313 - 02/15/2003Kirkus Review - Children / Exceptional Presentation - pg.
313 - 02/15/2003Kirkus Review - Children / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.
313 - 02/15/2003Kirkus Review - Children / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg.
313 - 02/15/2003Kirkus Review - Children / Highly Recommended - pg.
313 - 02/15/2003Booklist - pg.
1082 - 02/15/2003Publishers Weekly - pg.
74 - 03/03/2003Voice of Youth Advocates - pg.
73 - 04/01/2003School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.
188 - 04/01/2003School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg.
188 - 04/01/2003School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.
188 - 04/01/2003School Library Journal / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg.
188 - 04/01/2003School Library Journal / Highly Recommended - pg.
188 - 04/01/2003Horn Book Magazine / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.
363 - 05/01/2003Horn Book Magazine / Exceptional Presentation - pg.
363 - 05/01/2003Horn Book Magazine / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.
363 - 05/01/2003Horn Book Magazine / Top 15 Book Of The Ye.
| Contributor(s) | Authorwalter |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Christopher |
| This new duet is the blues | Verbally and visually it explores the idiom while exemplifying it |
Holiday House Blues journey, hardcover/walter dean myers
