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Ray Charles

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3 of 3 copies available
3 of 3 copies available

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner - American Library Association (ALA)
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner - American Library Association (ALA)

A beautiful new edition of the award-winning biography of world-famous musician Ray Charles.

As a young boy he fell in love with music, and as a man, the world fell in love with his music. Ray Charles and his soulful, passionate rhythm and melodies have been embraced around the globe for decades. Now, in this beautiful new edition of the award-winning biography, readers can follow Charles from his boyhood, when he lost his sight completely and learned to read and write music in Braille, until the age of 40, when he had become a world-renowned jazz and blues musician. In a new introduction, the author updates Charles' life to the present day.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 1, 2001
      Winner of both the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis, illus. by George Ford, originally published in 1973, traces the star's surmounting of incredible obstacles to become one of the world's greatest jazz musicians. Ford's illustrations capture every emotional nuance, from Ray's disappointment at being tricked by classmates as a child, to his strength as a man, refusing to perform to segregated audiences.

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  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.3
  • Lexile® Measure:680
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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