Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson Cover:Hardcover Blackwell's Nonfiction Book of the

Blackwell's Nonfiction Book of the Year

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Each poem is paired with one-of-a-kind art from today's most exciting African American illustrators--including Pat Cummings

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Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson Cover:Hardcover Blackwell's Nonfiction Book of theA rhythmic, striking picture book biography of legendary singer songwriter performer Prince. Before he became a legend, he was just a boyOn an ordinary day, you could see him. A young boy named Prince Rogers Nelson, who had parents who fought, nowhere to call home, and a collection of memories turned into sound: the shouts of anger, the purr of pigeons, the roar of cars down a busy Minneapolis street, and the whisper of cold wind on budding lilac