My Man Blue (Picture Puffin Books)
by Nikki Grimes
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Author: Nikki GrimesIllustrator: Jerome LaGarrigue
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12-30
ISBN: 0142301973
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Puffin
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Book Review: A role model
Summary: 5 Stars
The post-impressionist splashes of color (gashes of blue across Blue's bronze skin) remind the reader that this story is more than just a story, that the illustrations are more than that. "My Man Blue" is the story of a quiet hero, a constant gardener, so to speak, and a boy trying to find his way.
In case the reader loses track of setting, there it is on the title page--the top of a factory of some sort, an urban skyline. In this setting, Nikki Grimes tells the story of Damon, a fatherless boy, and Blue, a sonless man. The boy lost his father to the indifference of urban life and that lack of responsibility sometimes spawned there. Blue lost his son to the streets and gang life.
Blue deliberately cultivates Damon's friendship to fill that hole left by his father, a hole that needs filling one way or another. Damon taps into Blue's emptiness as well. It is a mutual friendship.
So it goes. Ms Grimes tells her story of Damon and Blue, one free-verse poem at a time, revealing a snippet of character here, a facet of courage there, a swath of lesson about strong men. Not only do the poems reveal Blue's character, but the illustrations do, too. The prevailing mood is somber (like the gritty, urban landscape) brushed through with intense, bright colors (of hope, maybe?).
Now if only every little boy had a Blue....
Summary of My Man Blue (Picture Puffin Books)
Blue lost one boy to the streets and is determined that this time will be different. And Damon knows that even though he's the "man of the house," there's room for a friend like Blue in his life. At the end of the day, Damon has someone standing steadfast in his corner. Someone true . . . like Blue. Nikki Grimes's moving poems and Jerome Lagarrigue's bold paintings create an emotional and realistic bond of friendship between a man and a boy in a rough world.
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