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(0)Dean Robbins
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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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,...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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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...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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"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....
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Scientist, environmentalist, and activist Jane Goodall is an inspiration. But before she became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Jane was just a little girl in England who dreamed of making important discoveries."-- Page 4 of cover.