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Django

The World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist

Django( )
Author: Christensen, Bonnie
Illustrator: Christensen, Bonnie
ISBN:978-1-59643-696-1
Publication Date:Feb 2011
Publisher:Roaring Brook Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $9.99
Book Description:

Born into a travelling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perserverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze. Bonnie Christensen's gorgeous oil paintings and jazzy, syncopated text perfectly depict...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music
Juvenile Nonfiction / Places / Europe
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.45 x 9.39 x 0.11 Inches
Book Weight:0.99 Pounds
Author Biography
Christensen, Bonnie (Author)
Bonnie Christensen was born in Saranac Lake, New York in 1951. She received a bachelor's degree in theatre and communication from the University of Vermont. She worked backstage at Joseph Papp's Public Theater, the Actor's Studio, and other studios in New York City for 13 years. She also wrote several plays that were produced off-off Broadway.

She was an author, artist, and book illustrator. Her first book, An Edible Alphabet, was published in 1994. She wrote and illustrated a number of picture books including Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist, Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People, Fabulous: A Portrait of Andy Warhol, The Daring Nelly Bly: America's Star Reporter, A Single Pebble: A Story of the Silk Road, and Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King. She died of ovarian cancer on January 12, 2015 at the age of 63.

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