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Gr 1-4 This lovely picture-book biography of the noted musicologist describes his youth in Texas where he enjoyed singing as he worked on the family ranch and he listened to cowboys singing as they traveled the old Chisholm Trail. Lomas taught for a few years, but his passionate interest in music won out and led him ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Hopkinson's fictionalized biography (defined as such in an informative author's note) of musical folklorist John Lomax is pitch perfect in its scope for younger readers. Concentrating on his passion for collecting folk songs from his native Texas, this story begins with Lomax's early love of work songs and chronicles the fine-tuning of that interest into a respected profession. The f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Hopkinson's fictionalized biography of the musical folklorist is pitch perfect for younger readers. The story begins with Lomax's early love of work ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With Home on the Range, a story closely based on the early life of pioneering folk musicologist John Avery Lomax, Deborah Hopkinson adds another lively and appealing tale to her impressive body of work. Snippets of song lyrics set off on the top of each page and included in the text of the story help the reader develop familiarity with, and affection for, such songs as “Poor Lonesome Cowboy” and “Git Along, Little Dogies.”...Log In or Sign Up to Read More