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Jazz Anecdotes
by Bill Crow
A compilation of stories, interviews, biographies, and other sources and organized them by general topics (importance of a good nickname, stage fright, etc).
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Oxford University Press, 1990, New York, NY
Jazz Baby
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Young children tap their feet, clap the beat, and are introduced to the rhythm of jazz as they read or listen to this story told in rhyme.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Lee and Low Books, 2002, New York, NY
Jazz in American Culture
by Peretti, Burton W.
A look at how jazz is history and its history key to the development of American culture since the early 1900s, and the role of the arts in history.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Ivan R. Dee, 1997, Chicago, IL
Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History, The
by Fremon, David K.
A look at racism between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Enslow, 2000, New York, NY
Life on a Plantation
by Kalman, Bobbie
A look at plantation life and its use of slavery.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Crabtree, 1997, New York, NY
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
