A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong--as a kid!

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AuthorKimmel, Eric A.
PublisherRandom House Books for Young Readers
Bindingpaperback
PublishedNovember 14, 2006
EditionIllustrated
LanguageEnglish
Pages96
ISBN-100375840052
ISBN-139780375840050
Weight0.1 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
0.5 in × 5.2 in × 7.3 in

A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong--as a kid!

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How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?   Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window....

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How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?
 
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . .
 
With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is perfect for aspiring young musicians and nonfiction fans alike!
 
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