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Isabel Turner Branch | Junior Biography Princ-J | On loan until: 18/May/24 |
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Title Statement | Ordinary days: the seeds, sound, and city that grew Prince Rogers Nelson / written by Angela Joy ; illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara. |
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Author | Joy, Angela, 1975- |
Additional Contributors | Alcántara, Jacqueline |
Publication | New York: Roaring Brook Press,2023. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
ISBN | 9781250797032 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07033741 |
General Notes | Back matter includes an author's note about Prince and a family playlist. |
Summary | "Before he became a legend, he was just a boy ... On an ordinary day, you could see him. A young boy named Prince Rogers Nelson, who had parents who fought, nowhere to call home, and a collection of memories turned into sound: the shouts of anger, the purr of pigeons, the roar of cars down a busy Minneapolis street, and the whisper of cold wind on budding lilac bushes. Other sounds joined in as he taught himself to play the guitar, piano, drums, and much more, leading to the day this ordinary boy began to make music and became extraordinary"-- |
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By Topic | African American rock musicians--Biography--Juvenile literature |
African American singers--Biography--Juvenile literature--United States | |
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By Name | Prince |
By Genre | Biographies |
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