Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford

Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford

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Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford

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 Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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ISBN 13 9780805079944
ISBN 10 0805079947
Title Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Author Carole Boston Weatherford
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Henry Holt & Company
Year published 2008-04-01
Number of pages 32
Prizes Winner of Golden Kite (Picture Book Text) 2008, Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 2009, Commended for Golden Kite (Picture Book Text) 2009, Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2013, Short-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (Grades K-2) 2009
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.