A Horn for Louis
Louis Armstrong--as a Kid!
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · November 14, 2006
How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?
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- Who it’s for
- Follow young Louis Armstrong from a junk wagon to the brass trumpet in a pawn-shop window.
- Themes
- Persistence, Hope, Friendship
- Genres
- Musicians' Lives for Kids, Jazz, Performers' Biographies for Kids
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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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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! History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!
Louis’s First Horn
Follow young Louis Armstrong from a junk wagon to the brass trumpet in a pawn-shop window.
Come here for
- Louis Armstrong’s childhood in New Orleans
- His tin-horn playing and junk-wagon work
Expect
- A childhood portrait centered on work and music
- Messages about persistence, hope, and friendship
Where it sits
| Musicians' Lives for Kids | 81% |
|---|---|
| Jazz | 63% |
| Performers' Biographies for Kids | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Musicians' Lives for Kids
- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
- 20th Century U.S.
- Authors
- Eric A. Kimmel
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- November 14, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Persistence · Hope · Friendship
- Reading lane
- Musicians' Lives for Kids