Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2008
Word Count 164
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1090L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 120546, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Saxophonists
- Saxophonists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Coltrane, John
- Coltrane, John, 1926-1967--Juvenile literature
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Jazz musicians
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Jazz
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Lists With This Book
- National Jazz Appreciation Month
- Sample: Bookworms Grade 5 Classroom Libr
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Sean Qualls about Before John Was a Jazz Giant
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2009

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Honor, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009
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