The Roots of Rap Ages 8 and up is everything to Sophie: best

is everything to Sophie: best friend

they never exist in the real world

telling her full story as she has lived it--in her own words and on her own terms

where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space

a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker

The Roots of Rap Ages 8 and up is everything to Sophie: bestExplore the roots of rap in this stunning, rhyming, triple timing picture book! A generation voicing stories, hopes, and fears founds a hip hop nation. Say holler if you hear. The roots of rap and the history of hip hop have origins that precede DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Kids will learn about how it evolved from folktales, spirituals, and poetry, to the showmanship of James Brown, to the culture of graffiti art and break dancing that formed