A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong--As a Kid!

How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?

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 aspiring young musicians and nonfiction fans alike

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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/14/2006
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 7.62h x 6.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780375840050
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 104294 / Horn for Louis

About the Author
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-winningauthor of the Caldecott Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. He lives in Portland, Oregon.