A collection of poems describes a young boy's life with his working mother as he establishes his own identity and develops a close relationship with his mother's friend, Blue.
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My Man Blue
July 2003, Tandem Library, Turtleback Books
School & Library Binding
in English
0613608232 9780613608237
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My Man Blue
December 2002, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Hardcover
in English
0606273530 9780606273534
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My Man Blue: Poems
May 1, 1999, Dial Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed.
0803723261 9780803723269
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With his night-and-day shades and a frame like a "heavyweight boxing machine," it might seem like this guy would be someone to steer clear of....But that's not the way it is. Blue is the best friend a kid could ever have. Blue, who lost one boy to the streets-and is determined that this time will be different. And Damon, whose laugh reminds him of that child, and who, even though he's the "man of the house," knows there's room for a guy like Blue in his life. To shoot hoops with, bounce thoughts off of, to share a laugh and a hot dog with all the works. And to know that at the end of the day there's someone standing steadfast in his corner. Someone true...like Blue.
Drawing on those friendships that have inspired her own extraordinary life, Nikki Grimes creates a poetically realistic tale of that joyous, complicated bond that draws us, one to another. To this Jerome Lagarrigue, in a truly wondrous picture book debut, adds powerful and sensitive paintings that capture the rich moods and atmospheres of the story's Harlem setting.
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{{cite book|author1=Nikki Grimes |author2=Jerome LaGarrigue |date=May 1, 1999 |title=My Man Blue |url=https://archive.org/details/mymanbluepoems00grim |publication-place=New York, USA |publisher=Dial Books for Young Readers |isbn=978-0-8037-2326-9 |lccn=98028229 |oclc=39380292 |ol=367692M}}