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African Americans Juvenile fiction Armstrong, Louis 1901-1971 Childhood and youth Juvenile fiction Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction Jazz Fiction Jazz Juvenile fiction Musicians Fiction Musicians Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories New Orleans (La.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Stories in rhymeOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSBSeeger, Pete
Summary: Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SEEOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MTH 42Calmenson, Stephanie.
Summary: When a mouse scurries into a house and starts to play jazz music, other animals join in, one by one, each using his or her own particular talent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Childrens Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CalmeKimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
Summary: Before Kit can write a news story about an upcoming sold-out jazz concert, sinister pranks threaten to cancel the show and Kit is falsely accused of stealing a valuable trumpet. Includes an "Inside Kit's World" essay about the popularity of jazz and swing music during the Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KIMDyer, Geoff.
Summary: Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the giants of jazz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 1996
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Summary: One night at the Hotel Midnight, the lyrics written and sung by jazz musician Rat are those inspired by his friendship with Bat, who plays the piano and writes the tunes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Alexander, Kwame.
Summary: Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Monkey, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALECopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC ALECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Alexander 2011Kehoe, Stasia Ward.
Summary: At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEHDapier, Jarrett
Summary: After lunch at a very crowded jazz cafe, a boy and his Auntie Nina are inspired to create a feast of their own with such treats as Thelonious Monk Fish and Nat King Cole Slaw.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAPMahin, Michael James.
Summary: "The fictionalized story about a group of starving, homeless kids in 1890s New Orleans who made their own instruments and started a band that historians now consider an important step in the development of jazz"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018