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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
Beautiful book! A new favorite of mine, and one I'll love sharing with my children.
The tale on a young trombonist told with rich watercolor illustrations.
Solid biography that shows how a love of music can grow, the illustrations really capture the music
This is an interesting, well-told story with fantastic illustrations, and factual information at the end about Troy Andrews and his trombone playing as he grew up in New Orleans.
Read this because it's a Caldecott runner up. I was not looking forward to it. But I loved it! What an inspirational story AND a biography which will have all kinds of fun tie-ins and music for kids.
I super love this book! I especially love it because I was a child who used to bang on pots and pans to play music.
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Trombone Shorty (2015) is an autobiographical picture book by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and illustrated by Bryon Collier. It is a great book for lower elementary age kids. Trombone Shorty tells the tale of how he grew up immersed in the music of New Orleans. He got his first trombone at a young age and made music with his friends all the time, which inspired and led up to his career as a professional musician and bandleader.
This inspirational book could be used in the classroom in activities that help students identify main ideas and key details in a story. It is also just a wonderful biographical book to help students learn about a current influential figure.
This inspirational book could be used in the classroom in activities that help students identify main ideas and key details in a story. It is also just a wonderful biographical book to help students learn about a current influential figure.
Read the book and loved it, and currently luxuriating in the audiobook version.
This is a cool, true story of a kid growing up in New Orleans, inspired by the music around him. I like that it really sounds like a kid's voice telling the story, and it's not too pretentious. The illustrations are cool, with some photo collage mixed in. I also think kids would enjoy seeing the real pictures of the author as a young boy with his trombone, and even on stage with Bo Diddley. I feel like you'd have to have the right kind of kid to really enjoy this book, maybe someone really into music? This would be a great read for this year's TDSRC theme - indulge your passions. 4+