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

By Carole Boston Weatherford

Book Overview

Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane. Before John Was a Jazz Giant is a 2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book and a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805079947
• ISBN13: 9780805079944
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 4