Mysterious Thelonious / Chris Raschka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raschka, Christopher, author.

Contributor:

Orchard Books (Firm), publisher.

Barton Press, Inc., printer.

Horowitz/Rae Book Manufacturers (New York, N.Y.), binder.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monk, Thelonious--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature.

Monk, Thelonious.

Musicians--Juvenile literature.

Musicians.

Jazz--Juvenile literature.

Jazz.

African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African Americans.

African Americans--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Pictorial works.

Biography.

Juvenile literature.

Jazz.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

West Orange, NJ : Barton Press, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : Orchard Books, 1997.

Summary:

Matches the tones of the diatonic scale to the values of the color wheel in presenting a portrait of the work of the Afro-American jazz musician and composer of "Mysterioso."

Participant:

Performance by Richard Allen ; Misterioso performed by Thelonious Monk ; Introduction and historical perspective by Chris Raschka.

Notes:

"Copyright ©1997 by Christopher Raschka"--title page verso.

"Printed by Barton Press, Inc."--title page verso.

"Bound by Horowitz/Rae"--title page verso.

"The text of this book is hand lettered. The illustrations are watercolor reproduced in full color"--title page verso.

ALA Notable Children's Book, 1998.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0531300579

9780531300572

0531330575

9780531330579

OCLC:

36590441

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