Neon Leon (Neon Picture Books)

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The questioning in the book would encourage the reader to think and makes the book more active and the illustrations are nice. It’s a fantastic independent book seller that will actually be responsive and select appropriate books for you. If she had labeled his color as “neon” the whole time instead of “orange,” I think it would have been more fun. We havwe been receiving our storybook subscription for around 18 months and I can't see us stopping anytime soon. I am frankly surprised this was even published; to devise a character from what is an animal that can fit in wherever it goes to then define Leon by his skin tone, and then on top of that to suggest that he is disliked by all those who are not the same is appalling.

Mick Jagger told Neon Leon that starting their own music label would be the best economic decision for the group and the Stones even paid for the new label Big Deal Records which hosted Leon's newly written song "Rock and Roll's Alive in New York City".The earlier rejected song was used in a TV spot for Doctor Peppers concerts in the Park and Neon Leons record label got deals with all KROQ stations in USA about this spot. At the club Bad News he met the record company owner Sanyi Tandan who offered him a recording contract and later released the successful single "Movin In The Right Direction" and later the album Artificial Stimulation (1983) with his group Neon Leon And The Bondage Babies. while living in the UK in the early 70s, he was recording acetates as far back as the mid 1970s with the original members of Pure Hell around Philadelphia, and ended up moving into the Chelsea Hotel in ’73 soon after, upon the insistence of his pal Johnny Thunders. The Neon Leon debut album was released in 1983 (funded by Mick Jagger) as a Swedish-only LP but featured Blondie’s Clem Burke as well as notorious KBD star Snuky Tate, and showcases a sold late 70’s Stones vibe perfectly ripe for radio consumption, in a better world, that is… fast forward to the 21st century and Leon still holds it down in Germany these days, still performs occasionally, and we’re extremely proud to finally get these 70s-80s era recordings back into circulation, so make sure to check out both of Neon Leon’s books (Fast Track to Hell and New York City Babylon) crank it up, and don’t ever look back!

Fortunately, the book contains everything the adult reader needs to make the most of the book, with clear instructions. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly!

After 17 years in the UK, Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her Scottish husband and their son Vincent. The band had some underground success but had difficulties because of several things such as that Neon Leon was a black rocker who wanted to follow his own musical ideas and not to do things as was common among other New York artists and groups. In fact, even my daughter seemed to get that it was backwards: on every page, I was asking her what color Leon was supposed to be, and she’d say, “No, no, Leon, you are not supposed to be [blue]! Leon's experience depicts the very real emotional struggle of people who are different when they would rather be the same, and young readers who feel like they don't fit in will identify with and empathize with Leon.