tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125075817902350182.post3785482358455006949..comments2014-11-13T20:19:58.904-05:00Comments on Michiana Mock Newbery Club: Roots and Blues by Arnold AdoffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125075817902350182.post-90804787252289013442011-10-21T12:47:27.133-04:002011-10-21T12:47:27.133-04:00I started this book expecting a straight forward p...I started this book expecting a straight forward prosaic history of the blues ... but realized quickly it is actually poetry clustered around African American experience, beginning with the despair of slavery and culminating in the triumph of music.lecymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753045162881988523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125075817902350182.post-20649992019138440972011-09-29T19:03:41.269-04:002011-09-29T19:03:41.269-04:00This is a most beautiful and important book. It is...This is a most beautiful and important book. It is deeply moving on so many levels. Surely, it is worthy of Newbery consideration. And the Caldecott committee should look at it, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com