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2007., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: 1st. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Contributor biographical information Summary Note: Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe Fred Astaire's humble dancing beginnings and the years he spent dancing with his sister, Adele.
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: 811 .6 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958, Esquire magazine was planning a special issue focused on American jazz. Art Kane, a graphic designer in New York City, pitched a crazy idea: gather as many jazz musicians as were willing and photograph the group. Kane got the assignment - but he didn't own a professional camera, he didn't know how many musicians would show up, and he wanted to shoot the photograph in front of a Harlem brownstone. Would his idea work?.
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2001., Pre-adolescent, M.K. McElderry Call No: 782.42 ORG Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collective biography of ten outstanding women singers of popular music in the twentieth century, including Sophie Tucker, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Merman, Judy Garland, Anita O'Day, Joan Baez, Bette Midler, Madonna and Lucinda Williams.
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-- How General Washington kicked the British out of Boston and launched a revolution2018., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL F ORG Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It is the summer of 1775. The British occupy Boston and its busy harbor, holding residents captive and keeping a strong military foothold. The threat of smallpox looms, and the town is cut off, even from food supplies. Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, Congress unanimously elects George Washington commander in chief of the American armed forces, and he is sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to transform the ragtag collection of volunteer militiamen into America's first army. The war has so far been little more than a series of intermittent skirmishes, but Washington is in constant fear of attack--until he takes the offensive with results that surprise everyone, the British most of all"--Jacket flap.
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-- Ella Fitzgerald2010., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From her childhood in Yonkers, New York, to her teenage years-spent in an orphanage, then homeless on the streets of Harlem-Ella Fitzgerald was a skit-scat raggedy cat hoping to catch her break and sing. In this incredible story, Ella progresses from "raggedy cat" to "rowdy-dowdy high-hat baby" on her path to stardom.
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-- Ella Fitzgerald2013, c2010., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed., reformatted. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Candlewick biographiesSummary Note: A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald featuring full-page color illustrations. Describes her early life as a poor orphan and how she became a singing star.
