[JPL] Coltrane book for Jazz/Poetry Month focus

[Carole Weatherford]

I've been so busy with my book Becoming Billie Holiday that I have neglected another jazzy title: Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane. For kids age 4-8, this very hip picture book is a poetic riff on the soundscape of Trane's childhood in my adopted hometown of High Point, North Carolina.  If you'd like to interview me or in recite the poem on-air (it's just 1-2 minutes long) for National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, I'd be glad to have the publisher send a review copy.

Reviews
www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/730024873.html
thebrownbookshelf.com/2008/04/21/book-report-before-john-was-a-jazz-giant
blbooks.blogspot.com/2009/02/before-john-was-jazz-giant.html

Sneak Peek: seanqualls.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-book-before-john-was-jazz-giant.html
Reading Guide:  http://media.us.macmillan.com/activityguides/9780805079944AG.pdf

Carole Boston Weatherford
High Point, NC