[JPL] Coltrane book for Jazz/Poetry Month focus

[JASSavannah]

Would love to get a copy!

Thanks!

Larry Dane-Kellogg, Editor Noteworthy
19 E. 64th Street
Savannah, GA 31405



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carole Weatherford" <weathfd at earthlink.net>

>
> 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