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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

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Language
  
English

ISBN
  
978-0805079944

Author
  
Carole Boston Weatherford

Page count
  
32

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Country
  
United States

Pages
  
32

Originally published
  
April 2008

Genre
  
Children's literature

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Media type
  
Picture book (hardcover)

Awards
  
Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text

Nominations
  
Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators

Similar
  
Works by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jazz books, Children's literature

Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane is a children’s picture book by American author and critic Carole Boston Weatherford. It tells the story of a young John Coltrane growing up in the South in the 1930s. The book, published by Henry Holt in 2008, was illustrated by Sean Qualls.

Awards

  • Coretta Scott King Honor, Illustrator (2009)
  • American Library Association Notable Children's Books (2009)
  • NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (2009)
  • CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best (2009)
  • Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List (2009)
  • Golden Kite Honor Book, CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI) (2009)
  • Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year (2009)
  • GA Picture Storybook Award ML (2012-2013)

    • References

    Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane Wikipedia
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