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A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Orgill, Roxane
Other Authors:	Qualls, Sean (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Fitzgerald, Ella > Juvenile nonfiction. Singers > United States > Biography > Juvenile. Jazz musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile. Women singers > United States > Biography > Juvenile. African American singers > Biography > Juvenile.
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Summary:	A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Audience:	005-up.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780763617332 0763617334
Author Notes:	"Although I'd known Ella Fitzgerald's singing for ages, I didn't 'get' her until I saw a film clip of her singing 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket' standing in the aisle of a bus. She was both guileless child and determined adult, a combination I had never encountered in all the singers I had known or researched." --Roxane Orgill Roxane Orgill is an award-winning writer on music and the author of several biographies for young readers, including MAHALIA: A LIFE IN GOSPEL MUSIC AND FOOTWORK: THE STORY OF FRED AND ADELE ASTAIRE. She is also the author of DREAM LUCKY, a book for adults about big-band jazz, race, and politics in the 1930s. She lives in New York City. Sean Qualls is the illustrator of many books for children, including DIZZY; BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT: A SONG OF JOHN COLTRANE; THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA: A BIOGRAPHY OF JUAN FRANCISCO MONZANO; and PHILLIS'S BIG TEST. He lives in Brooklyn.