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Author Rockliff, Mara, author.

Title Born to swing : Lil Hardin Armstrong's life in jazz / Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Michele Wood.

Publication Info. Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO ARMSTONG, LIL HARDIN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 781.65 ARMSTRONG    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  JJ-B HARDIN, LIL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department  J780.92 ARM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J780.92 ARM    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  JB-ARMSTRONG, L.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and discography.
Summary Presents the life of the jazz musician, describing her love of music as a child, her work as a composer and musician in Chicago, her marriage to Louis Armstrong, and her collaboration with some of the greatest jazz musicians of her era.
Subject Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971 -- Juvenile literature.
African American jazz musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women jazz musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971. (OCoLC)fst00332115
African Americans -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Jazz musicians.
African American jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00799208
Women jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst01178069
Genre/Form Biographies.
Picture books.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
Added Author Wood, Michele, illustrator.
ISBN 9781629795553 (lib. bdg.)
1629795550 (lib. bdg.)
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