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Who Was Louis Armstrong?

McDonough, Yona Zeldis

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Penguin

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Series and Publisher: Who Was?

Annotation: Biography of iconic African-American trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who helped bring jazz into the mainstream.

Genre: [Biographies]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #328956

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Penguin

Edition Date: 2004 Release Date: 12/29/04

Illustrator: O'Brien, John,

Pages: 106 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-448-43368-0 Perma-Bound: 0-605-39642-6

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-448-43368-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-39642-5

Dewey: 921

LCCN: 2003024471

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Armstrong, Louis,. 1901-1971. Juvenile literature.
Armstrong, Louis,. 1901-1971.
African American jazz musicians. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Jazz musicians. United States. Biography. Juvenile literature.
African Americans. Biography.
Jazz.
Musicians.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2005)

Once past the unflattering cover caricatures, these informative biographies provide useful details on each subject's life, family, and career. The lack of divisions within chapters makes the books a little less accessible, although black-and-white drawings and occasional spreads on related topics help break up the text. Timeline. Bib.

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Horn Book (Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2005)

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-104).

Word Count: 8,208

Reading Level: 5.2

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.2 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 85429 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.7 / points:4.0 / quiz:Q47887

Lexile: 780L

Guided Reading Level: O

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.

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