Friday, May 22, 2020

By and By : Charles Albert Tindley the Father of Gospel Music by Carole Boston Weatherford and Bryan Collier - ADVISABLE

By and By : Charles Albert Tindley the Father of Gospel Music by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Bryan Collier PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHY Antheneum (Simon and Schuster), 2020. $18. 9781534426368 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Born free in 1851, Charles Albert Tindley heard the African American Spirituals when he worked - hired out to help in the fields. He learned to read by walking 7 miles after work each night to get lessons from a school teachers. By age 17 he could read and write. In 1901 he began composing hymns and is now considered the father of gospel music. 

I have always loved Collier's illustrations, these are watercolor and collage. Weatherford's rhyming text is well done - telling his story simply. Includes a longer bio in the author's notes, illustrator notes with Collier's personal connection to Tindley's music, a list of popular hymns by Tindley, bibliography and resources.

Lisa Librarian

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