I AND I BOB MARLEY
by Tony Medina, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Lee & Low Books
$19.95 Hardcover
978-1-60060-257-3
Ages 8 and up

“[A] glowing, substantive picture book biography in verse. . . . Like the words, Watson’s beautifully expressive acrylic paintings evoke a strong sense of Marley’s remarkable life and his Caribbean homeland.” —Starred review, Booklist

INTRODUCE YOUNG READERS TO THE LEGENDARY BOB MARLEY!
 
by Tony Medina, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
I AND I BOB MARLEY
by Tony Medina, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Lee & Low Books
$19.95 Hardcover
978-1-60060-257-3
Ages 8 and up

“[A] glowing, substantive picture book biography in verse. . . . Like the words, Watson’s beautifully expressive acrylic paintings evoke a strong sense of Marley’s remarkable life and his Caribbean homeland.” —Starred review, Booklist
 
SOULFUL, SUN-DRENCHED PAINTINGS TRANSPORT READERS TO BOB MARLEY’S JAMAICA, WHILE UNIQUELY PERCEPTIVE POEMS BRING TO LIFE HIS FASCINATING JOURNEY FROM BOY TO ICON
“I am the boy/ From Nine Miles/ The one sing/ Like three little birds.”
“The book is a lovely addition not only for a children’s library but for all those who love the on-going iconography of reggae’s most profound proponent.”

—Roger Steffans, Bob Marley Historian and founder of The Beat Magazine
 
REGGAE FANS ARE SINGING ITS PRAISE!
“I want to make songs/ As pure and clear/ As water/ To help my people/ grow.”
“Medina’s insightful freestyle poetry and Watson’s gorgeous illustrations combine word pictures and image poems in a feast for the eye and inner ear as creative in their presentation as Marley was in his.” — Chuck Foster, Reggae Festival Guide
 
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I AND I BOB MARLEY
by Tony Medina, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Lee & Low Books
$19.95 Hardcover
978-1-60060-257-3
Ages 8 and up

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