{"product_id":"amambo-mucho-mambo-the-dance-that-crossed-color-lines-9781536246872","title":"¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The Spanish text is both conversational and informative, liberally using such words as 'giraban, '\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'vibraban, ' and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'meneaba, '\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewhich will allow readers to feel the electricity of this music and dance move as they read.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMillie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas to create Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. Then the Palladium Ballroom issued a bold challenge to segregation and threw open its doors to all. Illustrated with verve and told through real-life characters who feature in an afterword, \u003ci\u003e Mambo Mucho Mambo! \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the power of music and dance to transcend racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMargaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTwo Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand a lifelong student of jazz. Dean Robbins lives in Madison, Wisconsin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Velasquez\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning illustrator of \u003ci\u003eSchomburg: The Man Who Built a Library\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Walter Dean Myers Award and an SCBWI Golden Kite Award. He has also won a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award. Eric Velasquez lives in Hartsdale, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690611540242,"sku":"9781536246872","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e3ba941-3899-410f-9849-ef4ebc671100.jpg?v=1761741482","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amambo-mucho-mambo-the-dance-that-crossed-color-lines-9781536246872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}