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Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Candlewick Biographies: Ella Fitzgerald

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A swinging bio of young Ella Fitzgerald, who pushed through the toughest of times to grow to be one of The usa’s most beloved jazz singers.

When Ella Fitzgerald danced the Lindy Hop at the streets of 1930s Yonkers, passersby said goodbye to their loose change. But for a lady who was once orphaned and hungry, with raggedy clothes and ceaselessly no place to spend the night, small change was once not enough. One amateur night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, Ella made a discovery: the dancing beat in her feet could shuttle up and out of her mouth in a powerful song —and the feeling of being listened to was once like a salve to her heart. With energetic prose, Roxane Orgill follows the gutsy Ella from school-girl days to a featured spot with Chick Webb’s band and the entire way to her number-one radio hit “A-Tisket, A-Tasket.” Jazzy mixed-media art by illustrator Sean Qualls brings the singer’s indomitable spirit to life.
Back matter includes resources for further information, and an index.

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