This book is a great tool to teach music minded children about one of the greatest artists to be in the jazz genre
This book is a great tool to teach music minded children about one of the greatest artists to be in the jazz genre
“Duke taught himself to press on the pearlies like nobody else could.”
pickThis is an informative story about jazz legend Duke Ellington. This story does a great job of explaining history and culture with child centered language.
Quote:
“Most people called his music jazz. But Duke called it 'the music of my people.'“
Blurb:
This is a good book to use in a classroom when you are learning about music and important people who changed music. This book gives a good, semi-in depth overview of who Duke Ellington was.
so-soReview:
This book won a Caldecott honor medal in 1999. It also won a Coretta Scott King Award. It is about the musician Duke Ellington and his life.
This book offers a very comprehensive look at the swing-jazz era: the music and musicians, the black-vs-white elephant in the room; the media that developed around the craze; the dances; the city of New York during the 1920s-1940s, etc. It's great research for my forthcoming novel about Billy Tipton, a transgender male musician whose initial impetus for presenting as male was to get work as a musician in OK City.
pickDuke Ellington is a (B) book by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney. The book Duke Ellington has won the National Council of Teachers of English, Caldecott, and the Coretta Scott King award. This story is about Duke Ellington's life, experiences, accomplishments, and legacy. The book is excellent for a read-aloud (RA) because it allows having higher thinking questions and discussion. #UCFLAE3414SP21
