Cannonball Read 18

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Blues Boy: The B. B. King Story by Alice Faye Duncan and Carl Joe Williams

I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat by Patricia Lee Gauch, Leah Henderson and Kristle Marshall

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It might be the middle of February, but it is never too late to start reading about Black History. My favorite historical stories are about people we do not know a lot about. Or if we do know them, they are not huge. That is why when I saw Blues Boy: The B. B. King Story by Alice Faye Duncan, and illustrator Carl Joe Williams (available but read via an online reader) I almost did not read it. I mean, BB King is cool, don’t […]

Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, happened because there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden

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 cbr15bingo Queer Lives: never officially confirmed, but she is a queer icon/role model and probably was either bisexual or a lesbian.  You need many books in your life. And Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll, is one of them. Tonya Bolden took a woman that I knew a little about and reinforced that information and added some new as well. And Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the […]



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