Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington

• Retold by
• Grady,
• Drew,
• Amanda, Kahnna

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Duke Ellington

• The setting in this book is all over
  America. The main character in this book is
  Duke Ellington. Duke went to a place called
  the cotton club.

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Duke Ellington

• The problem in the story was his mom and dad
  sign him up for piano but he wanted to play
  baseball. But when he grow up everything was all
  better.

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Connection

• The connection was that I do loved baseball and I
  do hate the piano. Even if my mom dad signed me
  up for piano lessons I would hated. I would get
  to the piano. Shefali does piano lessons. Then I
  would love the piano.

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Solution

• The solution in the story was that Duke decided
  to play the piano and become a famous piano
  player.His mom and dad signed him up for piano
  lessons but he wanted to play baseball. Duke
  Ellington even made a small band. He was the
  piano player.The only thing Duke wanted to do was
  play the piano.

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Andrea Davis Pinkney

• Andreas mother is a teacher. And Andreas
  father is a fabulous story teller. Pinkney was
  born on September 25,1963 in Washington D.C. most
  recently Pinkney won the Carter G. Woodson. I
  write every single day because I love it so much.