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If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong
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If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong Paperback - 2002

by Roxane Orgill; Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator)

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Orgill's vivid words and Jenkins's dramatic pictures combine to tell the story of a boy who grew up to be a giant of jazz--the legendary and beloved Louis Armstrong.

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Roxane Orgill’s vivid words and Leonard Jenkins’s dramatic pictures combine to tell the story of a boy who grew up to be a giant of jazz—the legendary and beloved Louis Armstrong. As a poor boy in New Orleans, where music was everywhere—dancing out of doorways, singing on street corners, crying from the cornet of the great Joe Oliver for all to hear—Louis longed for a horn so that he too could sing, bring home pennies, and, most of all, tap happy-feet blues till the sun rose. It wasn’t going to be easy. Many things, not all of them good, had to happen before he got his horn. But when at last he did, he sent music spiraling up into the New Orleans night sky like a spinning top gone crazy.

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Roxane Orgill's vivid words and Leonard Jenkins's dramatic pictures combine to tell the story of a boy who grew up to be a giant of jazz--the legendary and beloved Louis Armstrong. As a poor boy in New Orleans, where music was everywhere--dancing out of doorways, singing on street corners, crying from the cornet of the great Joe Oliver for all to hear--Louis longed for a horn so that he too could sing, bring home pennies, and, most of all, tap happy-feet blues till the sun rose. It wasn't going to be easy. Many things, not all of them good, had to happen before he got his horn. But when at last he did, he sent music spiraling up into the New Orleans night sky like a spinning top gone crazy.

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Louis opened the cupboard.

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  • Title If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong
  • Author Roxane Orgill; Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books
  • Publication date August 25, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780618250769 / 061825076X
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.82 x 7.98 x 0.15 in (24.94 x 20.27 x 0.38 cm)
  • Age range 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Reading level 860
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Jazz musicians - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96015380
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

"Orgill tells the story of a boy overcoming incredible odds to achieve his dream, without becoming too dark, maudlin or even overly hopeful, and Jenkins's dark palette looks the way jazz sounds." Publishers Weekly, Starred

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2003, Page 1084
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/29/2002, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 07/29/2002, Page 75
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