Please welcome my guest author, Alice Faye Duncan with her picture Book list on blues and jazz music! We are giving away five signed copies of Yellow Dog Blues. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom.

Pictures Books About Blues Music & All That Jazz

Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers

Rendered as a collection of blues lyrics, the book takes readers on a journey across American history from the Civil War to the mid-20th century. The sights and sounds will move readers to sing these poems—often. [advanced picture book, ages 10 and up]

Mama Don’t Allow by Thacher Hurd

This book is about good times! Miles and the Alligator Swamp Band sing to the tune of John Lee Hooker’s famous song—Boogie Chillen. Kids won’t stop dancing, singing, and basking in the power of music and a good book! [picture book, ages 4 and up]

Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez

Blues music is the sound and spirit of perseverance. This story is all of that and more. A young bass player must overcome the hurdles of finding his sound and his place in the world. The text and illustrations will dazzle and mesmerize like a Romare Bearden painting. [picture book, ages 4 and up]

Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin, illustrated by Evan Turk

This is a kid’s introduction to the indomitable Muddy Waters and his good-time music. Readers will be inspired as they encounter an orphaned child who did not give up on his musical ambitions. The writing is lyrical and the illustrations are glorious. [picture book, ages 4 and up]

Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Chris Raschka

Here is a story of love, loss, and liberty. Bo Willie loves his Yellow Dog. However, the boy suffers loss when the dog runs away to play blues music on fancy Beale Street. As the hound settles into his new home, Bo Willie learns that happiness is often learning to live and let go. [picture book, ages 4 and up]

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Alice Faye Duncan is a National Board Educator who writes for young learners. Her newest books include Yellow Dog Blues (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers), Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth (Thomas Nelson), and Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote (Calkins Creek), which is a Junior Library Guild selection. You can find more Alice Faye Duncan books at her website, www.alicefayeduncan.com.

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