Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Publisher: ISBN: 9781584300397 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 0
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Illustrated by Laura Freeman. A celebration of music and movement, this story in verse is inspired by the riffs, rhythms and freedom of jazz. Colourful spreads show close-ups of children playing drums, piano and bass as they swing, and jitterbug to the music. With an appealing and rhythmic text just right for young children, plus colourful, contemporary illustrations with real child appeal, Jazz Baby is an exciting way to introduce young children to the instruments and rhythms of jazz. Ages 1-6.
Author: Karen Ehrhardt Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547545746 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to Charles Mingus, who plays nine, plucking strings that sound "divine." Easy on the ear and the eye, this playful introduction to nine jazz giants will teach children to count--and will give them every reason to get up and dance! Includes a brief biography of each musician.
Author: Andy Blackman Hurwitz Publisher: ISBN: 9780843121957 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 16
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"The baby loves jazz band is playing their favorite nursery rhymes! Which one is your favorite?" Each board book exposes young children to the various elements that make up jazz music, and comes with a CD which includes sing-alongs and stories so that young jazz impresarios can hear what jazz music is all about.
Author: David Houston Publisher: St Martins Press ISBN: 9780312440725 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 203
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A revealing account of Joan Crawford's early life and rise to stardom centers on her childhood in an impoverished rural Bible Belt town with a cruel, sadistic mother and a loving but weak stepfather
Author: Laura B. Edge Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 0761372776 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 112
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Can you imagine a world without teenagers? Before the early 1900s, the word teenager was not even part of the American vocabulary. The concept of adolescence those transitional years between childhood and adulthood simply did not exist. Instead, families needed young people to contribute to the family s earnings as soon as possible. Everybody worked; it was a part of life, for there was no life without it, wrote Edna Matthews Clifton of her teen years in Texas in the late 1800s. Many young people worked longs days and full weeks on farms or in factories. Such a schedule left little time for school or for fun. Throughout the 1900s, the idea of the teenager gradually began to take shape. A series of reforms put restrictions on child labor. Young people spent less time working and more time in school. They also began spending money on entertainment. Movie theaters and dance halls provided places for them to gather. Thirteen- to nineteen-year-olds established a unique culture that would continue to develop in the coming decades. In the twenty-first century, teens represent vital threads in the American fabric. Their spending choices affect both the economy and the way advertisers market products. Their taste in music, movies, and TV drives pop culture. And teens for whom technology is a way of life are the ones who will continue to push the boundaries of our technological future. From the flappers and jazz babies of the 1920s to the digital-savvy teens of the twenty-first century, you re about to follow the fascinating evolution of the American teenager.
Author: Beem Weeks Publisher: ISBN: 9781936442102 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 218
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While all Mississippi bakes in the scorching summer of 1925, a sudden orphanhood casts its icy shadow across Emily Ann Teegarten, a pretty young teen. Taken in by an aunt bent on ridding herself of this unexpected burden, "Baby" Teegarten plots her escape using the only means at her disposal: a voice that makes church ladies cry and angels take notice. "I'm gonna sing jazz up to New York City," she brags to anybody who'll listen. 'Cept that Big Apple-well, it's an awful long way from that dry patch of earth she used to call home. So when the smoky stages of New Orleans speakeasies give a whistle, offering all kinda shortcuts, Emily soon learns it's the whorehouses and drug joints promising to tickle more than just a young girl's fancy that can dim a spotlight . . . and knowing the wrong people can snuff it out. Jazz Baby just wants to sing-not fight to stay alive.
Author: Mario Biagioli Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022621897X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 417
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Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is neither a biography nor a conventional history of science. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Biagioli argues that Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science—the questions he chose to examine, his methods, even his conclusions. Galileo, Courtier is a fascinating cultural and social history of science highlighting the workings of power, patronage, and credibility in the development of science.
Author: Jazz Jennings Publisher: Ember ISBN: 039955467X Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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Celebrate Pride every day with the teen advocate, trailblazer, and reality show star Jazz Jennings—one of Time Magazine's "25 Most Influential Teens" of the year. In this groundbreaking memoir, she inspires people to accept the differences in others while they embrace their own truths through sharing her very public transgender journey. "Jazz is one of the transgender community's most important activists." —Cosmopolitan "A role model for teens everywhere." —Seventeen At the age of five, Jazz Jennings’s transition to life as a girl put her in the public spotlight after she shared her story on national television. She’s since become one of the most recognizable and prominent advocates for transgender teens, through her TV show, interviews, and social media. Jazz’s openness has led to bullying and mistreatment from those who don’t understand her choices. She’s fought for the right to use the girls’ bathroom and to play on a girls’ soccer team, paving the way for others. And in this book, Jazz faces an even greater struggle—dealing with the physical and social stresses of being a teen. But being on the front lines of trans activism doesn't stop Jazz from experiencing the joys of growing up, from day camp to first dates. Jazz Jennings is one of the youngest and most prominent voices in the national discussion about gender identity. This remarkable memoir is a testament to the power of accepting yourself, learning to live an authentic life, and helping everyone to embrace their own truths.
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