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Acoustic Rooster and his barnyard band

Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.

Main Author: Alexander, Kwame.
Other Authors: Bowers, Tim (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, 2011.
Subjects:
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Stories in rhyme.
Musicians > Juvenile fiction.
Jazz > Juvenile fiction.
Domestic animals > Juvenile fiction.
Contests > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9781585366880
1585366889
Author Notes: Kwame Alexander is a poet, children's book author, playwright, producer, speaker, and performer. His books include And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems, Crush: Love Poems, Family Pictures: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones, and Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band. He won the 2015 John Newbery Medal for his bestselling novel The Crossover. Since 2006, his Book-in-a-Day writing and publishing program has created more than 2500 student authors in 50 schools across the U.S., and in Canada and the Caribbean.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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