{"product_id":"when-the-beat-was-born-laban-carrick-hill-9781596435407","title":"When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop","description":"\u003cp\u003eA John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks--the musical interludes between verses--longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is \u003ci\u003eWhen the Beat Was Born\u003c\/i\u003e. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laban Carrick Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1596435402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596435407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roaring Brook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 10.10w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e160233 \/ When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Coretta Scott King Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Garden State Children's Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2013 pg. 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014 pg. 172 - Recommended, Satisfactory","brand":"Laban Carrick Hill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053601321215,"sku":"9781596435407","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70cb4f64-ba5f-4ae9-8bb4-ffc14ab49045.jpg?v=1685025209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-beat-was-born-laban-carrick-hill-9781596435407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}