Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews

 

Title: Trombone Shorty 

Genre: Nonfiction: Biography 

Author: Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews 

Illustrator: Bryan Collier 

Major Awards: Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Book Award

Age group: Ages 4-8 

 

Summary: 

This story is about the famous and talented, Troy Andrews, “Trombone Shorty.” This book shares how he came to fame and how his passion of playing the trombone started whenever he was just a small kid. He is now a Grammy-nominated artist and his music is heard all around New Orleans. 

Evaluation: 

Appropriate grade levels for this book would be Kindergarten through 2^nd grade. I loved how realistic the pictures were in this picture book. It was amazing how you could see the shadows and lights reflecting on the faces and objects all throughout this book. I love how all these types of books (nonfiction: biography books) have an author’s note at the end of the book because you can learn more about these legends’ lives. 

I don’t think I would use this book in my classroom because I think this book would be perfect for a music classroom. I can picture a music teacher reading and hearing Troy Andrew’s music after the read aloud.