Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story cover

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story

Author: Bustard, Anne

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 2.8
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 948
Points per Word 0.000527
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

This book is a biography of the musician, born Charles Hardin Holley during the Depression in Texas, who pioneered a new kind of music.

Quick Summary

Buddy Holly's short but blazing career bursts off the pages in a toe-tapping, guitar-driven narrative that shows how a kid from Texas changed music forever. Readers get to see the teenage rock-and-roll experiments, the crazy stage antics, and The Way to Treasure Island Buddy turned a simple song into a cultural earthquake that still shakes today's playlists. If your kid loves the toe-tapping, picture-book biographies in the Little People, Big Dreams series, such as the one about Elvis, they'll be blown away by Buddy's story. Ideal for kids ages 5 to 8 or in kindergarten through second grade, this quick read packs a big musical punch in just under a thousand words.