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The Story of the Saxophone

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Availability:In StockContributor:Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:12/9/2025Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823459094ISBN-10:823459098UPC:9780823459094Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:MusicBook Topic:Instruments, JazzSize:8.89 x 10.94 x 0.13 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCD2QAYZB3
Brassy, smokey, melodious. There's nothing like the saxophone. This incredible work from the award-winners behind Before She was Harriet includes a poster of jazz music's greatest talents.

You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker, or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax--a boy with bad luck but great ideas.

Coretta Scott King Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome unravels the fascinating history of how Adolphe's once reviled instrument was transported across Europe and Mexico to New Orleans. Follow the saxophone's journey from Adolphe's imagination to the pawn shop window where it caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol of jazz music it is today.

Deflty retold, this history is paired with the gorgeous artwork of James E. Ransome, including an attention-grabbing poster of iconic jazz musicians you can find inside the jacket.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Language:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823459094ISBN-10:823459098UPC:9780823459094Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:MusicBook Topic:Instruments, JazzSize:8.89 x 10.94 x 0.13 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCD2QAYZB3
Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of more than twenty books for young readers including the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy. Her work has received a plethora of honors, including dozens of starred reviews, NAACP Image Award nominations, a Coretta Scott King honor, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and a Christopher Award. Her work has been named to ALA Notable Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book lists and she lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

James E. Ransome's has illustrated many award-winning books for children. His numerous accolades include a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for The Creation; a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for The Bell Rang, Before She was Harriet, and Uncle Jed's Barbershop; and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Let My People Go. He lives in upstate New York.
Publisher: Holiday House

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Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

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Lesa Cline-Ransome

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