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Author Grady, Cynthia.

Title Like a bird : the art of the American slave song / written by Cynthia Grady ; concept and art by Michele Wood.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2016.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 782.25 GRADY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J782.25 GRA    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J782.25 GRA    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J782.25 GRADY c.32532  Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J782.25 G    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 782.25 GRA    DUE 04-15-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 782.25 GRADY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 782.25 GRADY    Check Shelf
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 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department  J782.25 GRA    Check Shelf

Description 40 pages : color illustrations, music ; 22 x 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 39).
Summary Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.3 0.5 182596.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Subject African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music. (OCoLC)fst00799648
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Subject Enslaved persons -- Songs and music. (OCoLC)fst01120582
Added Author Wood, Michele.
Other Form: Online version: Grady, Cynthia. Like a bird Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2016 9781512408898 (DLC) 2015046001
ISBN 9781467785501 (lb ;) (alk. paper)
1467785504
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