Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow: A Story Of The Young Jimi Hendrix (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Audience- PrimaryGenre- Non-fiction Picture BookText-to-World: Since this book is non-fiction, I was definitely able to relate it to the world pretty easily. I am not super familiar with Jimi Hendrix, but I definitely knew he is known for his music talent and especially his guitar skills. I was really interesting to read how Jimi "saw" music. He was able to hear sounds in his environment and imagine and create music beats from all the different sounds he heard around him. Since I am working towards my Speech Language Pathology degree, I learn a lot of information about children and while reading how Jimi saw the sounds with colors, it made me think about children with autism and other unique conditions. Autism comes in many shapes, sizes, and severities, and I know that often times, people with autism do see colors with sounds, so that was another way I was able to identift with this book using text-to-world connection. Audience-PrimaryGenre-Nonfiction/BiographyAwards-California Eureka Reads SIlver Honor Medal BookTwin Text Connection-I chose to connect "Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow," by Gary Golio with the book, "Ten Who Rocked the World" by Julius Lester. I thought that these two texts were similar because of the similar general topics between the two. They both are juvenille books that deal with musicians. They both have a interesting way of telling background stories about the artists they feature. Both have a great design and are able to catch the eye of the reader while informing them on the featured artists. They are also about the same reading/grade level, so I think it would be ok to pair them up when learning about famous rock/blues musicians. They would work well together when paired up. In the very least I think they would be interesting to children.
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