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Before John was a jazz giant : a song of John Coltrane  Cover Image Book Book

Before John was a jazz giant : a song of John Coltrane / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.

Summary:

Focuses on the childhood of jazz musician John Coltrane and how he interpreted sounds before he took up the saxophone.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780805079944
  • ISBN: 0805079947
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
AD 1090. Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.8 0.5 120546.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King honor book for illustrator, 2009.
Subject: Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 > Juvenile literature.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Saxophonists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Coretta Scott King Award > 2009.

Available copies

  • 25 of 25 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD wrote the Caldecott Honor book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Lead Her People to Freedom. She lives in North Carolina.

SEAN QUALLS
illustrated the widely acclaimed biographies The Poet Slave of Cuba and Dizzy. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.


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