Farmer, Bonnie, 1959-

Oscar lives next door : a story inspired by Oscar Peterson's childhood / written by Bonnie Farmer ; illustrated by Marie Lafrance. - 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Meet Oscar Peterson, who will someday become a legendary jazz pianist. He started out as a boy who loved to play the trumpet, until tuberculosis left his lungs too weak to blow the horn.

5+.

9781771471046


Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007 --Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.


Trumpet players--Juvenile fiction.
Tuberculosis--Patients--Juvenile fiction.


Biographical fiction.

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