The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll Picture Book

The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll Picture BookA riveting saga in the history of rock n roll: the decades long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitars amplified soundLeo Fender and Les Pauland their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built. In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big band jazz into the primordial elements of rock n rolland these louder styles demanded

The figures that haunt these stories range from Kafka (talking to a fish) to the Aztecs

In this quiet and beautiful picture book by Julie Fogliano and Erin E

The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure

The end has come

has captured the deep and tender bond between parent and child

Keisha held a funeral

then display the model on the stand featuring the ship’s ‘Leviathan’ nameplate

And the dark that comes doesn’t feel so dark

Their new pet

she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home

he answered what he felt was the call of duty

With her razor-sharp writing and trademark psychological insight