TY - BOOK AU - Christensen,Bonnie TI - Django SN - 9781596434226 AV - ML3930.R33 C57 2009 U1 - 787.87/165092B 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Roaring Brook Press KW - Reinhardt, Django, KW - Guitarists KW - France KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Jazz musicians KW - Picture books for children KW - Literature KW - lcgft KW - Biographies N1 - "A Neal Porter book."; Includes bibliographical references and discography; R ; 700 ; Lexile ; R ; Raz-Plus N2 - Born into a traveling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perseverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze ER -