Search results
13 lut 2017 · From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of...
9 maj 2017 · Clayton Byrd Goes Underground is a melodic exploration of a boy navigating grief, loss, and family drama.
Play CLAYTON BYRD GOES UNDERGROUND by Rita Williams-Garcia from HarperAudio US. Play audiobooks and excerpts on SoundCloud desktop and mobile.
5 wrz 2017 · Clayton Byrd Goes Underground. Written by Rita Williams-Garcia. Published by Amistad, 2017. ISBN 978-0-06-221691-8 . Grades 3 and up . Book Review “When, Cool Papa, when?” For young Clayton Byrd, all that matters is when he’ll get finally the chance to play a twelve-bar solo on his blues harp (harmonica) with his grandfather’s blues band.
Clayton feels most alive when he’s with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen—he can’t wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton’s mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues.
5 wrz 2017 · Clayton Byrd Goes Underground. Written by Rita Williams-Garcia. Published by Amistad, 2017. ISBN 978-0-06-221691-8 . Grades 3 and up . Book Review “When, Cool Papa, when?” For young Clayton Byrd, all that matters is when he’ll get finally the chance to play a twelve-bar solo on his blues harp (harmonica) with his grandfather’s blues band.
In “Clayton Byrd Goes Underground” Clayton gets on the subway and in “Every Rider Clap Your Hands” he meets the Beat Boys. They start a song on the subway and Clayton joins. In “Show Your Love” they keep performing and ask for money, a stranger giving Clayton five dollars.
