Buddy
The Story of Buddy Holly
By Anne Bustard; Kurt Cyrus (Illustrator)
(Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, Hardcover, 9780689866678, 32pp.)
Publication Date: February 1, 2005
Categories: Biography & Autobiography - Music, Music - Rock
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That Buddy could shoot marbles with the best, hit homers in the red dirt, and pelt cans with his slingshot. But come sixth grade, when Buddy met up with a guitar, he never let it go. Later Buddy heard a new sound -- part country, part gospel, and part blues -- and got even more fired up. Hot-diggity It was the birth of rock 'n' roll.
Kurt Cyrus is the illustrator of many books for children, including The Bones of Fred McFee by Eve Bunting, and Oddhopper Opera and the forthcoming Hotel Deep, both of which he also wrote.
Mr. Cyrus lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he is at work on his next book.
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