All the events are depicted in emotive naive artwork that underscores their truth Ringgold delivers Parks’s story without hyperbole, but rather as a life lived with pride, conviction, and consequence. These experiences make her refusal to release her seat all the more courageous, for the consequences of resistance were not gentle. Ringgold, through the bus, also informs readers of Parks’s youth in rural Alabama, where Klansmen and nightriders struck fear into the lives of African-Americans. A decent amount of the material will probably be new to children, for Parks is so intimately associated with the Montgomery Bus Boycott that her work with the NAACP before the bus incident is often overlooked, as is her later role as a community activist in Detroit with Congressman John Conyers. Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney Narrated by Forest Whitaker Unabridged 35 minutes Andrea Davis Pinkney Read Reviews Audiobook (Digital) 8.49 FREEWith a B&N Audiobooks Subscription Cancel Anytime 0.00 Free with a B&N Audiobooks Subscription Cancel Anytime 8.99Save 6Current price is 8.49, Original price is 8.99. Narrating the book is the bus that Parks took that morning 45 years ago it recounts the signal events in Parks’s life to a young girl who boarded it to go to school. Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney Read Aloud Video - YouTube 0:00 / 12:08 Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney Read Aloud Video catherine keller 24 subscribers Subscribe 18 Share 1.9K. This is a stunning introduction to Duke Ellington-a legend who continues to live on and influence musicians everywhere.Ringgold’s biography of Rosa Parks packs substantial material into a few pages, but with a light touch, and with the ring of authenticity that gives her act of weary resistance all the respect it deserves. To this day, Duke, the “King of the Keys,” is beloved by jazz fans old and new. Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra By: Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrated by: Brian Pinkney Age Level: 6-9 Reading Level: Independent Reader Jazz great Duke Ellington comes alive in jaunty, jazzy text and scratchboard illustrations that swirl, twirl and move across the pages. But the defining moment of his career came when Duke and his orchestra gave a groundbreaking performance at Carnegie Hall, when they first performed his suite Black, Brown, and Beige, a tribute to the history of African American people. By the time he was nineteen he was playing at parties, pool halls, and cabarets and then, in 1927, he entertained at the hottest place around, The Cotton Club in Harlem.
A joyful biography of jazz pioneer Duke Ellington, recognized with a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award Honor, brought to life by a bestselling husband and wife duo.Born in 1899, Duke Ellington was the forerunner in the evolution of jazz.
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