The title page, first page, and final page of Muddy all feature a river, a moving body of water. As the water moves, so does McKinley Morganfield, but he also stays just as he is. Without the water, he wouldn’t have always gotten muddy and earned his nickname. Through the middle of the story, the river is absent and during that time, Muddy Waters is encouraged to change his style but he refuses. With outside forces, he stays strong continuing to carve his own path, just as a river does. Evan Turk’s illustrations capture the emotion of Muddy Waters’ music with jagged lines at times, bodies in motion and hands waving in the air. Michael Mahin indicates that “He admires people like Muddy Waters who, despite great suffering, find the courage to be themselves in a world that wants them to be something else.” He hopes that his writing about such people will inspire children to always be themselves too.
Title: Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
Author: Michael Mahin
Illustrator: Evan Turk
Published 2017 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 978-1-4814-4349-4
This book was borrowed from the public library for review purposes.
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