One day, Ben is sitting on the stoop and playing his trumpet. “I like your horn,“ someone says.
Ben's Trumpet | 
One day, Ben is sitting on the stoop and playing his trumpet. “I like your horn,“ someone says.
I love the moment when ben finally gets to play a real trumpet with the musician from the jazz club after being made fun of for playing is imaginary trumpet.
pick1980 Caldecott honor book published in 1979. Ben‘s Trumpet by Rachel Isadora is a beautiful story about a young boy who plays an imaginary trumpet until one day he gets invited to play with a trumpeter of a local jazz band. It teaches about passion and perseverance even when obstacles try and get in your way. Overall wonderful story with beautiful pencil illustrations.
pickThis is a good, short read that talks about a child's love for music...specifically a trumpet. The illustrations are nice also.
pickBens trumpet is a Caldecott honor HF book illustrated by Rachel isadora. It‘s a story of young boy finding his love for jazz music. The teaching strategy would RA so the students could all be engaged by the amazing drawings. EL: Continually monitor students comprehension. UDL: Optimize relevance, value and authenticity. A website related to old jazz musicians: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/SGT/150_greatest_jazz_musicians/ #UCFLAE3414SU19
Ben‘s Trumpet is a captivating HF tale about the culture and impact of jazz music in the twenties. Written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora, this Caldecott Silver Medal Award winning book uses captivating images to tell the unique story of youthful passion and talent taking place in the roaring twenties. This picture book would be a great RA for your class to create a history lesson and incorporate music into your classroom. #LAE3414sp19
My children‘s #libraryhaul from yesterday. We‘re getting into a good routine of going once a week to pick out new books. A mix of easy readers for my 5-year-old burgeoning reader and picture books for my 2-year-old with a short attention span. #raisingreaders
