Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin and Evan Turk
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 1,451
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 191341, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Blues musicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Muddy Waters
- Blues musicians
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Muddy Waters, 1915-1983--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | General
- United States
- Lists With This Book
- Black History Biographies
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Evan Turk
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Michael Mahin
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 7

Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Arts Selection, 2017

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2017
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