Pros: a song on paper, brilliantly written and illustrated, brings Duke Ellington to a new generation Cons: could provide just a bit more information about the man and not just his music
"Duke painted colors with his band's sound. He could swirl the butterscotch tones of Tricky Sam's horn with the silver notes of the alto saxophones. And, ooh, those clarinets. Duke could blend their red-hot blips with a purple dash of brass from the ...
Pros: Beautiful, interesting, musical, bright! Cons: I don't own it in hardcover yet!
I ordered this book through Scholastic Books in March. I intended to read it aloud to my two-year-old son, but I enjoyed it so much myself that I ended up showing it to my adult friends as well. The writing is very rhythmic, and has a soothing...
Pros: beautiful photographs and musical, poetic tone. Cons: perhaps a little difficult for very young children to understand.
I highly recommend this beautiful picture book about the life of musical genius, Duke Ellington, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. The illustrations are colorful and bring music to the imagination. My seven year old daughter is not normally interested...
This swinging, vibrant picture book about jazz composer Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke, is a tribute to the legend that continues to l...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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