{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536246872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 9.70w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e523735 \/ Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dean Robbins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51844089020597,"sku":"9781536246872","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fe1e96f3-d0da-41fe-b930-17db4e772051.jpg?v=1759849228","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/amambo-mucho-mambo-the-dance-that-crossed-color-lines-9781536246872","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}