Raggin'

A Story about Scott Joplin

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

Scott Joplin came from a music-making family in Texarkana, Texas. As a small boy, he loved the lively, rhythmic African melodies and the soft, touching spirituals that he heard his father sing. By the age of twenty, Joplin had left home to make a living as a musician. Barbara Mitchell’s Raggin’ is the story of this talented composer/musician who overcame prejudice and hardship to create such favorites as “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”—music that still makes people tap their toes.

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978-0-7613-9147-0
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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Category Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diversity
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Publication Date 2012-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.5
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007000, JNF007040, JNF007050
Dewey 780'.92'4
Graphics 1-color illustrations
Lexile 920
Guided Reading Level S
ATOS Reading Level 5.6
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 49553
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Afterword, Author/Illustrator note, Bibliography/further reading, Index, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Teaching Guides

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