Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite
by Anna Harwell Celenza and Don Tate
Composer Billy Strayhorn takes center stage alongside jazz legend Duke Ellington... read more
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- Grade
- 1-4
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2011
Word Count 1,544
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 145815, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Jazz
- Strayhorn, Billy--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Musicians--Fiction
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Nutcracker suite--Fiction
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Juvenile fiction
- Musicians
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik. Suite--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Strayhorn, Billy--Fiction
- Jazz--Fiction
- Ellington, Duke
- Strayhorn, Billy
- Lists With This Book
- African American Experience
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