Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

by Carole Boston Weatherford

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Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane. Before John Was a Jazz Giant is a 2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book and a 2009 Bank...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0805079947

ISBN13:9780805079944

Release Date:April 2008

Publisher:Henry Holt & Company

Length:32 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 8.4" x 10.1"

Age Range:5 to 9 years

Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 4

Related Subjects

Childhood Experiences Family And Relationships Overcoming Adversity Biography Children's Literature Arts, Music & Photography Biographies Children's Children's Books Multicultural

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