A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong - as a kid! |
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| Authors: | Kimmel, Eric A. |
| Genres: | Biography |
| Topics: | Music/Entertainment, Careers, African American History/Interest |
| Lexile: | 440, |
| Publisher: | Random House Children's Books |
| BISAC/Subject: | JNF025210, JNF007040, JNF007050 |
| ISBN: | 9780307530950, Related ISBNs: 0307530957, 0375832521, 0375840052, 0375932526, 9780307530950 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 96, |
| Audience: | Children/juvenile |
How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . .
With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is perfect for aspiring young musicians and nonfiction fans alike!
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