Classroom Resources

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Diverse Read-Aloud Books

Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
By Susan Hood, Sally Wern Comport

Because
By Mo Willems, Amber Ren
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Sean Qualls

Ben's Trumpet​
By Rachel Isadora
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Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound
By Kathleen Cornell Berman, Keith Henry Brown

Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz
By Mara Rockliff, Michele Wood