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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
2018-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
Clarion Books
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780547942018
Lexile
AD610L

Stalebread Charlie And The Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band

Written by Michael Mahin and Illustrated by Don Tate
It's 1895, and ten-year-old Stalebread Charlie and his friend Warm Gravy roam the streets of New Orleans, homeless and hungry. Stalebread has heard folks say that music feeds the soul—and he wonders if it could also fill their bellies. Soon he and his friends are playing instruments made out of junk—a fiddle from a cigar box, a kazoo from a comb—until their hats are filled with coins, their bellies are filled with beignets, and their souls are filled with music.
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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
2018-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
Clarion Books
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780547942018
Lexile
AD610L
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