The illustrated story of Louis Armstrong's childhood highlights young Satchmo's dynamism and his determination to become the leader of a jazz band and the best trumpet player in his native New Orleans.
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Alan Schroeder, a lifelong admirer of Louis Armstrong, is the award-winning author of several picture books, including Lily and the Wooden Bowl, Minty, and Carolina Shout. His first book, Ragtime Tumpie, was chosen as an ALA Notable Book, a Booklist Children's Editors' Choice, and a Parents' Choice Award winner. He lives in Alameda, California.
r nights in New Orleans, a boy named Louis Armstrong would peek under the big swinging doors of Economy Hall and listen to the jazz band. The best night was Friday, when Bunk Johnson would blow his cornet till the roof trembled. At moments like those, Louis could feel his toes tingle. He wanted to be like Bunk Johnson; aim his horn straight up at the night sky and set the stars spinning.
One day Louis saw a horn in a pawnshop window--a real brass cornet. The cardboard sign said $5. How could he ever come up with that much money? Every day Louis did what he could to earn that five dollars, and every day he practiced blowing his imaginary horn. It was a dream he would never give up.
The vibrant, swinging world of New Orleans jazz seems to bounce off the pages in this tribute to an extraordinary young man. Louis Armstrong's dynamic personality and amazing trumpet playing would cast a spell on millions of people around the world, to whom he will always be the one and o
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Cooper, Floyd (illustrator). 1st Edition. New York. Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group. 1996. First Edition/First Printing ( full number line including 1 on the copyright page). Hard Cover. Post 10" x 8" [25.4cm x 20cm] approx. Quarter bound burgundy spine over cream boards. Gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated endpapers, title page and throughout the text by Floyd Cooper. Inscribed by Floyd Cooper to the title page, who also drew an horn blaring out music and dated 1996. Laminated dust jacket with no notable wear except a minor knock to the rear bottom corner. A fictional re-creation of the life of Louis Armstrong for younger readers. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival Brodart sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). Artikel-Nr. *AUG302407
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