A Horn for Louis by Eric A. Kimmel - ISBN: 9780375840050
Paperback
Poverty, hard work, and a dream: how Louis got his horn.

A Horn for Louis

Louis Armstrong--as a kid!

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  • Paperback

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    15 January 2007

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Summary

Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window… .

With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is perfect for aspiri…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780375840050
ISBN-10:0375840052
Author:Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Books for Young Readers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:15 January 2007
Weight:79g
Dimensions:6mm x 133mm x 194mm
Series:A Stepping Stone Book
Audience Age:7-10
A-Format
A Horn for Louis by Eric A. Kimmel - ISBN: 9780375840050
133 × 194 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Eric A. Kimmel

Eric Kimmel grew up in Brooklyn, New York, loving the music of Louis Armstrong, who lived a few miles away in Queens. He is the award-winning author of the Caldecott Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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