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Roots And Blues: A Celebration (2011)

by Arnold Adoff(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0547235542 (ISBN13: 9780547235547)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Clarion Books

review 1: audience: This book would work well for upper elementary students through middle school. 4-8. I would recommend this book for students that are interesting in poetry, blues and jazz music and African American history. Music teachers may also find this book useful in their lessons to incorporate music and literature.appeal: This book has some great poems! The poems seem to tell a continuing story throughout the book although they are each separate poems. There are also some awesome illustrations that go right along with the poems to help aide in telling the story. from the School Library Journal award list
review 2: This book explains the history of blues through poetry. I liked how the author shows that music is history and it often describes the time that it ... morewas created. I also liked how the poems don't all rhyme and how the poems are written in different shapes and formats. I would use this when discussing music, African American history, and poetry. During a poetry lesson, I'd definitely pull this book to demonstrate to children that poetry is a type of art, and it doesn't always have to rhyme in order for it to be a poem. less

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