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Duke Ellington

The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Caldecott Honor Book)

Duke Ellington( )
Author: Pinkney, Andrea
Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian
Series title:Great Black Performers Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7868-1420-6
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:Hyperion Books for Children
Imprint:Jump at the Sun
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $8.99
Book Description:

A joyful biography of jazz pioneer Duke Ellington, recognized with a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award Honor, brought to life by a bestselling husband and wife duo. Born in 1899, Duke Ellington was the forerunner in the evolution of jazz. By the time he was nineteen he was playing at parties, pool halls, and cabarets; and then, in 1927, he entertained at the hottest place around, The Cotton Club in Harlem. But the defining moment...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.55 x 11 x 0.3 Inches
Book Weight:0.35 Pounds
Author Biography
Pinkney, Andrea (Author)
Brian Pinkney, author and illustrator, was born August 28, 1961. He has received the Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations, three Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, and in 1997, he won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his book, The Adventures of Sparrowboy. He has also won two Caldecott Honor awards for his illustrations with the books: The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci, and Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pinkney primarily uses the scratchboard illustrative technique with most of his books.

Pinkney lives with his wife, Andrea, and their children in Brooklyn, New York.

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