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

English

ISBN: 0805079947

EAN: 9780805079944

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians/Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music/

Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry

Release Date: 01/31/2009

Age Range: 5-9

Synopsis: 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 Johns 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 Giantis a 2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book and a 2009 Bank Street - Best Childrens Book of the Year.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null 

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

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.31 inches

Width: 8.35 inches

Length: 10.14 inches

Weight: 11.99 oz

Pages: 32