![]() ![]() ![]() Turk’s watercolor, ink and collage artwork fills pages, exploding with a neon intensity-the equivalent of a dynamic guitar riff… Read the book, then get kids the music.”Īs the only girl in her family, Paulina is determined to show her father and brothers that she can take charge. “Mahin’s words have a beat all their own, capturing the lows and highs with poetic verve. “The words and pictures here mix exuberance with melancholy,” Booklist says of this best children’s books of 2017 pick. “The soul of the blues sings out through the pages.” Throughout the picture book, the color palette changes as Waters overcomes challenges in his life and career. “Turk’s mixed-media illustrations leap off the page,” the School Library Journal says of this biography of the artist, born McKinley Morganfield in 1913. The life of blues legend Muddy Waters, who overcame a childhood of poverty in the Mississippi Delta to rule the Chicago music scene, comes alive on the page through a blend of collage, newspaper clippings, printer’s ink and paint. ![]() Written by Michael Mahin illustrated by Evan Turk ![]()
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