The cosmobiography of Sun Ra : the sound of joy is enlightening by Raschka, Christopher

The cosmobiography of Sun Ra : the sound of joy is enlightening
by Raschka, Christopher

(#0571GM4)

Hardcover Candlewick Press, 2014

Price: USD 15.58

Description: 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
Dewey: 781.65; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.7

Product Overview
From Follett

"A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra"--OCLC.

From the Publisher
Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka shares his love of jazz great Sun Ra, just in time to mark the centennial of the musician's birth.

Jazz musician Sun Ra (1914-1993) always said that he came from Saturn. Being from another planet, he was naturally intrigued by everything earthly -- especially music, because music is the one thing on Earth most like the stars. Earthlings themselves confused Sun Ra, the way they sorted themselves by color and fought wars against one another. So he made music. And he traveled with other musicians and singers, calling themselves the Sun Ra Arkestra, playing, singing, and dancing for people all over the planet. Because music, he said, is what holds us all together. Join acclaimed author-illustrator Chris Raschka in celebrating a legend of the jazz world who was truly one of a kind.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press
  • Publication Date: May 13, 2014
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Dewey: 781.65
  • Classifications: Biography, Nonfiction
  • Description: 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
  • ISBN-10: 0-7636-5806-5
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-5806-9
  • LCCN: 2013-944131
  • Follett Number: 0571GM4
  • Reading Level: 4.7
  • Audience: Lower Elementary