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Gr 2–5—The King may be gone, but this gorgeous picture book biography ensures that he won't be forgotten. With this enchanting and intimate glimpse at a beloved icon, Christensen takes legendary singer Elvis Presley from a child growing up in Mississippi and Tennessee to a young man cutting his first record and taking his first steps into the limelight. The portrait of Presley that emerges will be new to most readers, adult or child. Far from the strutting, hip-swiveling crooner of the stage and big screen, Presley...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In evocative free verse, Christensen follows Elvis from his humble beginnings in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to the legendary Sun Records recording studio in Memphis. There, the young musician got his big break, meeting producer Sam Phillips (who "dreamed of harmonizing black and white. / And, oh, how he loved the Delta blues"). Not even Phillips could have predicted how palatable Elvis would make those aforementioned Delta blues for white America, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Evocative free verse follows Elvis chronologically from his humble beginnings to the legendary Sun Records recording studio in Memphis where ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More