Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History by Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823423620)

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Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History by Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History

$18.99
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History by Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
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Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. Here is the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds grew up, were brought together by the love of music, and helped to create the jazz style known as swing.

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN-10: 082342362X
ISBN-13: 9780823423620
Publisher: Holiday House
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2014
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.30h x 9.14w x 0.36d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 165580 / Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/27/2014
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 171
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2014 pg. 136
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2014
Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 82
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average
By Lesa Cline-Ransome
By Lesa Cline-Ransome
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Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome have collaborated on many award-winning picture books for children. These include Satchel Paige, which was an ALA Best Book for Children and Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass, which received starred reviews in Booklist and School Library Journal. The Quilt Alphabet was praised as "A blue-ribbon ABC book that combines bright, folksy oil paintings and lilting riddle-poems," in a starred review in Publishers Weekly and called "a feast for the eyes" in School Library Journal. They live in the Hudson River Valley region of New York.

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