Saturday, May 18, 2024

Ordinary Days by Angela Joy and Jacqueline Alcantara - OPTIONAL

Ordinary Days: the Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson
by Angela Joy, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcantara
. PICTURE BOOK Roaring Brook (Macmillan), 2023 $20. 9781250797032 

Content: G (mentions only of parents yelling)  

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL 

APPEALS TO: SOME 

Prince Rogers Nelson grew up in North Minneapolis, floating from house to house, as he escaped his parents' fighting. He loved basketball and music - honing his skills in both. He found his voice in what became the Minneapolis sound - and gifted the world with his music. 

Very mush a picture book that will be appreciated by the adults who love Prince's music. The biography part is all in the back matter - the picture book text is a poem that the author wrote as a tribute to the man who was famous, but who reveled in the ordinary, too. 

Cindy, Library Teacher

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