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Winter, Jonah

Elvis Is King!

40 pp. | Random/S&W | January, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-55470-4 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-399-55471-1 $20.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-399-55472-8
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Red Nose Studio. In this innovative look at Elvis Presley's against-the-odds rise from Tupelo, Mississippi, ragamuffin to King of Rock and Roll, Winter gets real: he uses folksy vernacular ("Times is hard") and credits the African American church with the King's sound ("It's black music sung by a Southern white man"). The illustrations--photos of handmade three-dimensional scenes--feature improbably emotive wax-like characters.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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