Pete Seeger was an American folk musician and social activist whose outspoken songs about freedom and justice got him blacklisted from radio and TV for years.Pete Seeger was still singing and playing the banjo for tens of thousands of fans even when he wasat the age of ninety-four. Born in New York City on May 3, 1919, Pete came from a family of musicians. Despite writing and singing folk songs that all of America knows, not many kids know his name. Why? Because his ties to the Communist Party got him banned from radio and television for many years! Well-known for his civil rights activism with Martin Luther King Jr., Seeger also spearheaded efforts that cleaned up the Hudson River and made it beautiful again. Hisbest-known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "If I Had a Hammer" and "Turn, Turn, Turn."In this easy-to-read biography from the New York Times best-selling series, Pete Seeger is revealed as not just a performer but as a champion for a better world and the eighty illustrations contained in the book help bring his story to life.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Who Was? .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Alan Williams is President of BCW Food Products. He is the author of Teammates Matter and a children's book series, Little Teammate. An accomplished keynote speaker with nearly one million copies of his books in print, Alan has spoken to numerous Fortune 500 companies and high school athletic programs across the country. The former Tennessee Mr. Basketball finalist played only 59 minutes during his entire career as a walk-on at Wake Forest. Alan and his wife Amanda have four children and live in San Antonio, Texas. Stephen Marchesi, a former Little League baseball coach, spent most of his career in New York. As a highly regarded illustrator and artist, his work has been published by Random House and featured on the Children's Book Council bestsellers list. He brings to life the timeless character of the Little Teammate from San Diego, California. Noel MacCarry worked as an elementary school librarian in North Salem, New York, for twenty-seven years. This is his first published book. He lives in Danbury, Connecticut.