Play, Louis, Play! The True Story of a Boy and His Horn - Inspiring Children's Book About Louis Armstrong for Music Lovers & Classroom Reading

This books SWINGS ! PLAY LOUIS, PLAY! reads more like fiction than a biography. It's not like the usual biography. It breaks all the rules. It doesn't start like others, "he was born on such & such a day & he lived on such and such a street". No, this bio starts with FEELING & its language is so southern that it conjures up a southern drawl and even poetry. WHATTA BOOK !Louis grew up in the poorest, the toughest, the worst neighborhood in all of New Orleans. He could've become a petty thief, a gambler, a hustler. And he never had a music lesson. couldn't even read music. Never had money to even buy an instrument. So HOW IN THE WORLD DID HE GET INTO MUSIC??????? KNOW HE LOVED MUSIC???????? START PLAYING????????Good questions. Read the book.And just as his music swings, just as his gravelly voice sings WWHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN, this book swings with the jazz rhythms that louis felt, that made him tick ! Get the book, it's a GREAT READ !! And a FAST one too.Music teachers in school would LOVE this books for their classes.Psychologists working with children would LOVE this book for their student groups and individual kids in and out of school.Kids who are in lower financial groups would LOVE this book as it shows what's really important to make you happy.Kids who are poor would LOVE this book because Louis had ev en LESS than they have. He had NO bathroom, NO electricity, NO running water. Imagine using an "outhouse" on a cold rainy night when you wake up at 2 in the morning !!Musicians would love this book because it's so joyously filled with music in its language, in Louis' heart.