Awards: N/A
Author Website: http://www.jacketflap.com/amy-littlesugar/6588
Illustrator Website: http://www.floydcooper.com/
Media Used: Oil wash
Annotation:
This story tells of the little known childhood of the famous Elvis Presley. He lived in a poor town where he was teased, and yet overcame difficulties to pursue music, which made him happy.
Personal Reaction:
I never knew that Elvis grew up in a poor town where he was an outcast for being white. Learning about the start of Elvis's life has given me a new appreciation for his talent. Seeing as how one thing that greatly influenced him was a traveling church, I am amazed at the turn his life later took.
Curricular Connection: High School music history
Personification: (unpaged....approximately page 17) "A big man, his face shiny with sweat, he hugged that guitar and strummed away all his sadness and his loneliness, making those strings sob and cry."
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