Just a Lucky So and So

Name: Just a Lucky So and So
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN: 9781666595093

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Narrator: Arnell Powell

Unabridged: 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/16/2016

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, Music, Jazz

Synopsis

Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe King Oliver. But after a run in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school's revered marching band. By the time he returned to his neighborhood, the King himself became his mentor and invited Armstrong to play with him in Chicago. Here is a joyful tribute to the virtuoso musician and buoyant personality who introduced much of the world to jazz.

About Lesa Cline-Ransome

Lesa Cline-Ransome is an award-winning writer and editor who has written more than ten picture books for children, including two ALA Notable books. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, she holds a Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from NYU. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, she is married to artist and illustrator James E. Ransome, with whom she frequently collaborates.

About Arnell Powell

Arnell Powell is an actor, known for The Conjuring (2013), The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) and The Honeymooners (2005).

About James E. Ransome

James E. Ransome is an award-winning artist and illustrator who earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. The Children's Book Council named him as one of seventy-five authors and illustrators everyone should know, and his work has won the Coretta Scott King Award, among others. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, he is married to author and editor Lesa Cline-Ransome, with whom he frequently collaborates.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Misty on March 17, 2016

Text Structure Chronological Text Features Author's Note with detailed biographical information on Armstrong; additional resources (books, places to visit, and websites); special text used to distinguish Armstrong's words Twin Text Gordon, G. (2012). Herman and Rosie. New York, NY: Random House. Ration......more

Goodreads review by Ben on June 13, 2021

Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong is a children's picture book written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James E. Ransome. It traces Armstrong's storied arc, from an impoverished New Orleans childhood to his apex as a giant of jazz. Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo......more

Goodreads review by Becky on March 04, 2017

First sentence: In New Orleans, Louisiana, in a part of town outside of Storyville, tucked in a corner called Back o' Town, in a section nicknamed the Battlefield, Little Louis Armstrong was born, black and poor and lucky. Premise/plot: Just A Lucky So and So is a picture book biography of Louis Arms......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne on March 21, 2016

Biography picture books are so much fun to read and Just a Lucky So and So does not disappoint. Louis Armstrong began life in what many would consider to be a rough start: living in poverty, working hard manual labor to help earn money for his family, and having a number of run-ins with the law caus......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on May 19, 2017

Trumpeter Louis Armstrong was born and raised in the poorest section of New Orleans. Yet Armstrong became one of America's greatest jazz instrumentalists, because of the phenomenal music that was played in the streets of New Orleans. Young Joe Louis absorbed all the musical ability he could by liste......more