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

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Other authorsSean Qualls (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2008

Status

Available

Tags

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, PICTURE BOOK, music, kindergarten - grade 3, NON-FICTION

Publication

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (2008), Edition: First, 32 pages

Subjects

Jazz musicians United States Juvenile literature

Saxophonists United States Juvenile literature

Awards

Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Picturebook — 2013)

Golden Kite Award (Honor — 2009)

Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2009)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2009)

Notable Children's Book (2009)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2008

ISBN

0805079947 / 9780805079944

Barcode

886

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