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"This lyrical picture-book biography of the reggae icon tells his story in verse, from humble beginnings in a small Jamaican village to his glory days as an influential musician. Told in first person (the “I and I” can mean “we”), 17 poems chronologically plot Marley's life path—combined, the poems (and vibrant acrylics) paint a vivid picture of the poverty and turmoil but also the love, faith and island beauty from which Marley arose. “At Fourteen” describes his entrée into the music scene with Peter Tosh, Joe Higgs and others, while “Island Song” is a rebuke of Jamaican oppression. “Yell-ow green black and red/ I and I a natty dread/ African Arawak Taino/ I am from/ Slave ship mountains/ And Caribbean rum.” While readers may not understand all the verses and terms, Medina's (Love to Langston) thorough endnotes will answer questions, e.g., what the term Babylon means. Watson's (Chess Rumble) majestic art powerfully evokes the people and places that had the strongest influence on Marley, as well as the power he himself would wield. Ages 8–12." ]]> 92999 4.35 60 21 2009 905345 1584300418 9781584300410 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179339848m/905345.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179339848s/905345.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905345.Love_to_Langston 4.27 11 Love to Langston is a tribute to one of America's most talented and beloved poets, Langston Hughes. Written in the art form Hughes cherished most, this biography in verse captures glimpses of the poet's world through his voice as author-poet Tony Medina imagines it. Readers will learn how young Langston was ridiculed in first grade by his teacher who "tells one kid / not to eat licorice / or he'll turn black / like me." In "I Do Not Like My Father Much," we discover that Hughes's father severed all contact with his son when he learned that he wanted to be a poet. There's even a poem about author Alice Walker bringing the ailing poet a bag of oranges when he was on his deathbed. Devotees of Langston Hughes and those who are meeting him for the first time will enjoy this accessible biography with striking acrylic illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. Medina and Christie also collaborated on DeShawn Days. (Ages 5 to 10) --Emilie Coulter]]> 92999 4.35 60 21 2002 160360 1584300248 9781584300243 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172284746m/160360.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172284746s/160360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160360.Christmas_Makes_Me_Think 4.00 7 92999 4.35 60 21 2001 1579267 1584302283 9781584302285 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185438914m/1579267.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185438914s/1579267.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1579267.Deshawn_Days 5.00 3 92999 4.35 60 21 2001 385945 0863160999 9780863160998 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174354722m/385945.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174354722s/385945.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/385945.In_Defense_of_Mumia 3.75 4 92999 4.35 60 21 1996 6897166 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6897166-i-and-i 4.00 2 92999 4.35 60 21 2009 1579266 0883782472 9780883782477 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185438913m/1579266.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185438913s/1579266.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1579266.Committed_to_Breathing 4.00 2 92999 4.35 60 21 2003 2041946 0940975750 9780940975750 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2041946.Follow_Up_Letters_to_Santa_From_Kids_Who_Never_Got_a_Response 5.00 1 92999 4.35 60 21 2003 4646637 0965473821 9780965473828 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4646637.Sermons_from_the_Smell_of_a_Carcass_Condemned_to_Begging 1.00 1 92999 4.35 60 21 1998 7058576 0307565645 9780307565648 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7058576-bum-rush-the-page 0.0 0 92999 4.35 60 21 84987 4.00 55 9 216573 4.40 452 48 2009