G. Neri is the award-winning author of many books for young
readers, including Ghetto Cowboy, winner of a Horace Mann
Upstanders Book Award, and Hello, I’m Johnny Cash, an Association
for Library Services to Children Notable Book. He lives in
Florida.
David Litchfield is the creator of the award-winning The
Bear and the Piano and the illustrator of several other books for
young readers. He lives in the United Kingdom.
Influenced by Elvis, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and other folk singers,
they produced their number-one hit “The Sound of Silence” after the
assassination of JFK; the song broke all records, outselling even
the Beatles. Neri conveys the spirit of those times through a text
compiled from interviews with the two singers and other
sources...Appealing, digitally created full-bleed illustrations
capture in detail city streets, the two young boys, their later
stardom, and their famous 1981 concert in Central Park.
—Booklist
When Paul Met Artie is a colorful, factual, enjoyable account of
two lives and how they intertwined to become the voices of a
generation.
—New York Journal of Books
The book’s heavy retro vibe is reinforced by plenty of visual
motifs—faded floral-print wallpaper, a reel-to-reel tape recorder,
Paul and Artie in their iconic turtlenecks—that leave the reader
feelin’ groovy.
—The Horn Book
Neri tells the endearing story of the sometimes rocky partnership
between folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel, beginning as children in
Queens. Vignettes detail formative events in the boys’ lives, the
words displayed on the pages like song lyrics and paired with song
titles...Neri gently underscores how, while Simon and Garfunkel
found lasting fame, they began as friends who loved singing
together.
—Publishers Weekly
This nostalgia-tinged biography of folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel
opens with the pair’s legendary 1981 concert in New York’s Central
Park, then quickly shifts settings to Queens, three decades
earlier...A charming addition to poetry or biography
collections.
—School Library Journal
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