Blues Is...

BLUES IS...

A True American Story

Blues Is... is a nonfiction picture book that takes readers on a lyrical and colorful journey through the history of the blues from sharecropping to juke joints to electric blues to rock and roll. Imagery and blues lyrics combine to define what blues is and tell the true story of the blues.

Written by Patti Compton with illustrations by Kristina Kolosova.

COMING SOON!

"My aim is to provide the young reader with vivid and accurate visuals to spark their curiosity and interest in bigger historical processes and connect the present realities with the past. I hope my illustrations will help to unfold the stories of people who, through resilience and joy, created the music that, in turn, tells the story of this country. And perhaps they will show young readers that because the blues music draws from our most primordial human emotions and experiences, it remains ever-relevant today."

- Kristina Kolosova

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