Louis Armstrong House Museum
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Text copyright © 2010 by Muriel Harris Weinstein
Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Frank Morrison
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First published in the United States of America in December 2010
by Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Weinstein, Muriel Harris.
Play, Louis, play! : the true story of a boy and his horn / Muriel Harris Weinstein ;
illustrated by Frank Morrison.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-59990-375-0
1. Armstrong, Louis, 1901–1971—Juvenile literature. 2. Jazz musicians—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. 3. African American jazz musicians—Juvenile literature. I. Morrison, Frank, ill. II. Title.
ML3930.A75W45 2011 781.65092—dc22 [B] 2010025974
ISBN 978-1-59990-0709-3 (e-book)
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