Ella Fitzgerald : the tale of a vocal virtuosa by Pinkney, Andrea Davis 

Paperback(Disney/Jump at the Sun, 2007)

BTSB #: 713224 Available

Dewey: 782.421/BAges: 5-9   
AR: 3.5 LG RC: 3.6 K-2 Lexile: 520 F&P: X

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Subjects: Fitzgerald, Ella,|d1917-1996 Singers Jazz music African Americans - Biography Women - Biography

Summary: A biography of Ella Fitzgerald told from the point of view of a cat named Scat Cat Monroe.

If I only had a horn : young Louis Armstrong by Orgill, Roxane 

Paperback(Houghton Mifflin, 1997)

BTSB #: 691413 Available

Dewey: 781.65/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.3 LG RC: 3.7 K-2 Lexile: 860

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Subjects: Armstrong, Louis,|d1901-1971 Musicians Jazz music African Americans - Biography

Summary: Relates how the famous jazz trumpeter began his musical career in New Orleans by singing songs on street corners andplaying a batte red cornet in a marching band.