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

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. Product details Publisher : Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First edition (April 1, 2008) Language: : English Hardcover : 32 pages ISBN-10 : 0805079947 ISBN-13 : 978-0805079944 Reading age : 5 - 9 years Lexile measure : AD1090L Grade level : Kindergarten - 4 Item Weight : 11 ounces Dimensions : 8.42 x 0.36 x 10.36 inches