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The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World. Julius Lester.

New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. 48 pp. $15.99.

Shout, Sister Shout! Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped a Century. Roxan Orgill.

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2001. 148 pp. $18.

"In 'The Blues Singers,' Lester, the author of numerous books for both adults and children, eloquently explains a very grown-up music to a very young audience. In his succinct profiles of 10 influential singers, he defines the word 'blues' broadly enough to fit a gospel singer (Mahalia Jackson), a ...