by Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author) Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Galardonada con el premio Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award, una biografía de la virtuosa del jazz afroamericana Melba Doretta Liston, una trombonista, compositora y arreglista musical pionera del siglo XX en una época en la que pocas mujeres tocaban instrumentos y formaban parte de la escena del jazz.
A los siete años, Melba Doretta Liston se enamoró de un trombón grande y brillante, y pronto aprendió a tocar el instrumento. Cuando era una adolescente, el extraordinario don de Melba para la música la llevó al mundo del jazz. Se unió a una banda dirigida por el trompetista Gerald Wilson y recorrió el país. Superando obstáculos de raza y género, Melba se convirtió en una famosa trombonista y arreglista, transformando ritmos, armonías y melodías en magníficas canciones para todos los grandes del jazz del siglo XX: Randy Weston, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday y Quincy Jones, por nombrar solo algunos.
Rebosante de entusiasmo y la alegría de hacer música, La pequeña Melba y su gran trombón es un maravilloso tributo a un músico pionero y un gran héroe anónimo del jazz.
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Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, American Library Association (ALA)
Best Books of the Year, School Library Journal
Best of the Best Books, Chicago Public Library
Best Books, Kirkus Reviews
ALSC Notable Children's Books, American Library Association (ALA)
Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)
Amelia Bloomer Book List, American Library Association (ALA)
Best Books of the Year, The Huffington Post
Best Multicultural Books, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature
CCBC Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
NAACP Image Awards, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Katheryn Russell-Brown is the author of Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, which received the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, the Eureka! Honor Award, was nominated for the NAACP Image Award, and was named a Best Book of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature, among others. She is a professor of Law and the director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida. Katheryn grew up in a family of music lovers, where R & B was an integral part of the sounds of daily life. She lives in Gainesville, FL.
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