Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum
by Robert Andrew Parker
“When I am at the piano, I close my eyes. I play clouds of notes, rivers of... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2008
Word Count 1,841
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 120297
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Tatum, Art
- Jazz musicians
- Tatum, Art, 1909-1956--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Classical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Jazz
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Childhood and youth
- Lists With This Book
- National Jazz Appreciation Month
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2021
Winner, 2009

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008
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