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 rhythms and melodies have been embraced around the world for decades. Now, in this beautiful new edition of an award-winning biography, readers can follow Charles from his boyhood, when he lost his sight 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 packing auditoriums and stadiums. And in a new introduction and afterword, the author updates Charles’s life to the present.
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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.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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It is a picture book; an important title,
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The winner of the first Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, making it an important title in the history of children's literature. Perhaps the customer who gave it one star did not expect a picture and thus gave it a low rating.
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This review is from: Ray Charles (A Crowell biography) (Hardcover)
This is nothing more than a childrens little hard back book with 34 pages of reading !It took me approx. 5 min. to "read " it !
Mostly " drawn " illistrations! Would've been a lot better to have gone on the net & read his " biography " for free. Don't even bother with this one.
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WHEN this book was first published in 1973, Ray Charles was already a famous musician, respected by people all around the world and from all walks of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ray Charles, New York, United States New!
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WHEN this book was first published in 1973, Ray Charles was already a famous musician, respected by people all around the world and from all walks of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ray Charles, New York, United States New!
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