Celebrate Charley Pride, the first Black country music superstar! 🎸🤠 Written by Beatrice Winifred Iker and illustrated by Miguelina Milien, this rollicking picture book biography honors a trailblazer who paved the way for Beyoncé, Shaboozey, and more. Features rich historical backmatter! 🎼✨ #NEW
A rollicking picture book biography about Charley Pride, the first Black country music superstar. He was gonna ride the clouds outta Sledge, Mississippi,with his rich, ringin’ rhymesand change the world one ditty, one ditty,one ditty at a time. Charley Pride was born with a honky-tonk mission: to bring all types of folks together through music! A multitalented singer, he played baseball in the Negro Leagues before exploding onto the country music scene.
