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A good night for ghosts
ake story time a little spookier with the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time! Every visit to the magic tree house leads to a time-travel adventure! Jack and Annie are on a mission to find—and inspire—a musician that brings happiness to millions of people. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some real ghosts, and discover the world of jazz whe…
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- 9780545401104
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- 112 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- Magic Tree House #42 A Merlin Mission
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- O
Bud, not Buddy
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: He has his own suitcase full of special things. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers …
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- 9780440413288
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- 245 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- C
Jazz dancing
"Simple text and photographs present jazz dancing, including simple steps"--Provided by publisher.
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- 9781429640046
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 792 CLA
Jazz
The Let's Dance series gives readers an opportunity to explore popular forms of dance. From breaking to ballet, each book follows a young dancer through dance class, from warm up to cool down. Some of the key moves of this type of dancing are explained, and the reader is shown the clothing needed for each type of dance. Let's Dance shows young readers how much fun dance can be. Let's Dance is a…
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- 9781489617569
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Let's Dance
- Call Number
- 792 CAR
Duke Ellington
Traces the life of the internationally acclaimed musician and composer who helped popularize jazz music
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- 0516445405
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- 32 pages : illustration : 24 cm
- Series Title
- Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers
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- 927 ELL
Duke Ellington
You ever hear of the jazz-playin' man, the man with the cats who could swing with his band? He was born in 1899, in Washington, D.C. Born Edward Kennedy Ellington. But wherever young Edward went, he said, "Hey, call me Duke." Duke's name fit him rightly. He was a smooth-talkin', slick-steppin', piano-playin' kid. But his piano playing wasn't always a breezy as his stride. When Duke's mother,…
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- 0439109949
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 927 ELL
Ben's trumpet
The story of Ben is fiction, but it could be the story of more than one jazz musician who grew up in the twenties. Using the art-deco style of the period, Rachel Isadora not only captures the poignancy and yearning of a youthful talent, but in page after page of striking art seems to convey the very sound of music.
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- 0590422413
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- I
Piano starts here : the young Art Tatum
Regardless of whether they’ve heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful and energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it. Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for the piano and his acute memory for any sound that he heard drove him t…
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- 9780553533927
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 786.2165092 PAR
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