Dean Robbins
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Era la década de 1940 en la segregada cuidad de Nueva York. Ya sea que bailaras al sonido de las trompetas y los saxofones en un salón en el barrio italiano o en la calle al son de maracas y congas en el barrio puertorriqueño, generalmente bailabas en el lugar donde vivías y con gente de tu mismo origen. Pero antes de que terminara la década, una nueva sala de baile -- el Palladium -- acogió a personas de todos los vecindarios. Cuando Millie...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Journey to the Moon on the Apollo 12 mission with astronaut and artist Alan Bean! As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. He took dozens of pictures, but none...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Five girls played together in the Smith Sisters Orchestra: Irene on trombone, Erma on vibraphone, Edwina on trumpet, Mildred on violin, and Lila on saxophone. But what of the littlest sister? When Viola's time came, almost every instrument was taken...except one. When she first sat behind a drum kit, she lost the beat, made a terrible racket, and had more fun than she'd ever had before. Viola took to the road with her family, learned from the greats,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Kitty O'Neil was a force to be reckoned with. She became deaf as a child, but didn't let that stop her. And she grew up loving sports and action more than anything. After becoming a race car driver, Kitty sought to do what no woman had done before: she aimed to break the land-speed record! Kitty was a hero to fans everywhere, and proved that she was truly unstoppable. From Dean Robbins and Elizabeth Baddeley comes a high-octane biography that's equally...