Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) and George Duke produced four more. The production of the album was completed in early May 1984 before the album was released a few weeks later. Carl Matthews of the "Baltimore Afro-American" newspaper called the album "more tempo than her previous releases." Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy is an album by American recording artist Deniece Williams released in 1984 for Columbia and CBS Records. The album reached number 10 on the "Billboard" pop chart and number 26 on the R&B Albums. It was produced by American multi-instrumentalist George Duke who also actively
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas and a "Kirkus Reviews" starred review wrote "Almond’s wonderstruck philosophical bent, earthy humor, lovely use of language and colorful characters keep readers swimming along, as does the personable narrator who playfully demands an examination of the storytelling process as it happens. Jeffers’ spare, cartoonish pencil sketches perfectly suit the salty, magical tale." "The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas" has also been reviewed by "Booklist", "Library Media Connection" magazine, "The Horn Book Magazine", The "School Library Journal", "Reading Time", "School Librarian", and "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books", It was on the 2013 Blue Peter Book Award shortlist for