Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples (HC)

Segregation and the Great Migration play a role in this biography about a hardworking family of musicians from Chicago, but the drive to create beautiful and moving music takes center stage. Roebuck Staples and his four children became a sensation, driving from church-to-church, zigzagging across the Midwest to perform and sell their records. Moving illustrations carry us from a seven-year-old Mavis with a baritone voice to her solo career. This book is a loving testament to the place the Staples Singers and Mavis Staples holds in the pantheon of gospel and blues musicians.

Written by Mavis Staples and Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated by Steffi Walthall.

Hardcover (English). Recommended for Ages: 6-9 years.