Russell-Brown, K. (2014). Little Melba and
Her Big Trombone. GA. Lee & Low Books
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award in 2008
author Russell-Brown has captured the true story of a little girl in the 1920s
of Kansas City. She Melba chose her first instrument from Joe's Music Truck and
teaches herself how to play at the age of eight and plays professionally at age
seventeen with the help of her grandfather and mother. Along the way she
encounters racial discrimination and hardships that discourage her to play any
further but her family and friends encourage her to continue. Fantastic oil
pictures add to this uplifting story and her wonderful use of onomatopoeia will
make this book a must read.
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