Bibliograph

The 5 o'clock band, Troy Andrews

Type

Label

The 5 o'clock band, Troy Andrews

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

830, Lexile4.5, ATOS Level

resource.interestGradeLevel

LG/Lower grades (K-3rd)

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The 5 o'clock band

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 5

Responsibility statement

Troy Andrews

Summary

In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Trombone Shorty , join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and soak up inspiration. Along the way he'll meet street musicians, a favorite restaurant owner, and the famous Mardi Gras Indians. Each has some NOLA-bred wisdom to share with Shorty about being an artist, a leader, and a friend. In The 5 O'Clock Band , Troy Andrews has crafted another unforgettable love letter to New Orleans illustrated by the incomparable Bryan Collier

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator