Myers, Walter Dean Blues Journey.Il. by Christopher Myers. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-8234-1613-5. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Holiday House, 2003. Unp. $18.95. Blue ink, white paint, and brown paper bag illustrations offer awesome artistic responses to the call-and-response style of blues poetry in this distinctive picture book. Beginning with a clear explanation of the blues as an American art American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, form, then sharing lyrics from various soulful situations, and ending with a glossary, Walter Dean Myers gives readers many opportunities to understand the blues at a basic or complicated level. Middle school students could find joy in this book as a model for responses across the entire artistic spectrum. Ages 10 up. Jeanie Burnett, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is an American public university located in rural Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and is one of fourteen schools that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and accredited by the Middle States Association of |
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