¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines

New York City's desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy...
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Author: Dean Robbins
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¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines by Robbins, Dean

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines

€25,27

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines

€25,27
Author: Dean Robbins
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
New York City's desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz.

Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. Then the Palladium Ballroom issued a bold challenge to segregation and threw open its doors to all. Illustrated with verve and told through real-life characters who feature in an afterword, Mambo Mucho Mambo portrays the power of music and dance to transcend racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries.

Author: Dean Robbins
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 11/23/2021
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 11.50h x 10.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781536206081
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2021 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 09/06/2021
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 76
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2021 pg. 138

About the Author
Dean Robbins is the author of Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing; Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote; and Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, and a lifelong student of jazz. Dean Robbins lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Eric Velasquez is the award-winning illustrator of Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, which received a Walter Dean Myers Award and an SCBWI Golden Kite Award. He has also won a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award. Eric Velasquez lives in Hartsdale, New York.

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