Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome have collaborated on many award-winning picture books for children. These include Before She was Harriet, a Coretta Scott King honour book; Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson- Taking the Stage as the first Black-and-White Jazz Band in History; Satchel Paige, which was an ALA Best Book for Children and Words Set Me Free- The Story of Young Frederick Douglass, which received starred reviews in Booklist and School Library Journal. They live in the Hudson River Valley region of New York.
"Despite impoverished beginnings, music and a prevailing joie de
vivre carried young Louis Armstrong from the streets of New Orleans
to the stages of New York City, Hollywood, and Europe. . . .
Ransome’s fluid watercolors bring to life both the New Orleans
neighborhood Armstrong called home and his musical passion—he’s
holding or playing his horn in nearly every scene. A detailed
author’s note dives deeper into the performer’s life, rounding out
a solid introduction to Satchmo."—Publishers Weekly
"Cline-Ransome traces Armstrong’s storied arc, from an impoverished
New Orleans childhood to his apex as a giant of jazz. . . .
Ransome’s vivid, saturated paintings depict cityscapes and
riverboats, framing Armstrong in windows and rectangular insets,
and capturing the music’s joy in paradegoers’ faces"—Kirkus
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