Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix

This is a beautifully written book well in keeping with Hendrix' philosophy and love of music as expressionistic art! The book itself is a work of art and the words poetic. I very much appreciate the educational aspects of this book and the references section in the back in regards to addiction and emotional troubles. I also love the further reading info on Jimi Hendrix and his wonderful music! I would love to see all children's books flow to the artistic message-driven and insight-laden format this book so significantly and respectfully conveys. BRAVO TO THE AUTHORS/ARTISTS/CREATORS OF THIS WONDERFUL READ! My six-year-old daughter loves it!! And her mother does too (I keep reading it even after my daughter falls asleep)!!Update: 09/22/2012:I gave this book last week as a reading addition to my daughters first grade class; her teacher loves it and even spoke about other unique musicians and artists to the kids; this book is beautiful and opened other interests for the teachers and the kids!

This book has wonderful stories illustrated in a beautiful and creative way. Gary Golio seems to have connected with both children and Jimmy while bringing his own illustrative style to express an overall joyful and playful mood to the piece. While the artist, Javaka Steptoe, uses a sort of painting collage with a wonderful pallet of colors to draw you further in to the text. It is only a guess, but I feel that the artist must have spent some time at the actual locations and drawn from that experience to create these illustrations. Jimi Sounds Like A Rainbow is an amazing idea that has been wonderfully executed!

If you teach 5th grade you will love this book, because it packed with figurative language. I spent a whole week dissecting it with students. It had similes, onamatopeia, etc.

Great for my first graders

This is a wonderful book - something new to consider for Black History Month or any school library. Incredibly engaging with beautiful illustrations and great writing. Different from any other children's book out there.

Awesome book. This was on my 3rd grader's summer reading list. We all loved the book. It's a great keepsake and would also make a great gift.

Neat story, dynamite animation--artist's use of color definately helped bring out the best in this childhood story of Jimi Hendrix. Would especially recommend this to Hendrix fans and children as well.

Excellent!