Daddy Played the Blues

Synopsis

*Notable Social Studies Trade Books Selection for Young People 2018* “I was six years old the day we left the farm in Mississippi,” remembers Cassie in this richly textured picture book. “Between the boll weevils, the floods, and the landlord, there was no way a family could scratch out a living there anymore.” Packing themselves into an old jalopy—with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the back—they joined the Great Migration from the impoverished Deep South to Chicago, where there was work to be had in the stockyards. Across the kids’ laps lay Daddy’s prized possession, a six-string guitar. Daddy worked hard to put food on the table, but what he really loved was playing the blues. This evocative tale of the African-American odyssey in search of a better life is also a homage to the uniquely American music that developed from African music and American spirituals, work songs, and folk ballads. In the book’s backmatter, Garland relates how he first heard and fell in love with blues music, beginning a lifelong fandom. Portraits and thumbnail biographies of great blues musicians and landmark songs complete this tribute to the great American music and the yearnings that produced it. Fountas & Pinnell Level S

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780884485902

Related ISBNs:

9780884485889, 9780884485889

Publisher:

Tilbury House Publishers

Date of Addition:

08/30/18

Copyrighted By:

Michael Garland

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Music

Grade Levels:

First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.