Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

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Author(s)	Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrator(s)	Brian Pinkney
Age Group	5-9
Publisher	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN	978-0786814169
Year	2007

Ella Fitzgerald began her life as a singer on the stage of the Apollo Theater when she was just seventeen years old. Her rich voice and vocal innovations brought her fame and a remarkable career that spanned half a century and won her generations of fans around the world. This book tells Ella’s inspiring story in the voice of Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan whose imagined narrative sings with the infectious rhythms of scat.

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