There was something special about Scott JoplinThis quiet kid could make a piano laugh out loud.
Scott, the son of a man who had been enslaved,became a kingthe King of Ragtime.
This celebration of Scott Joplin, whose raucous, ragtime compositions paved the way for jazz, will captivate audiences and put a bounce in their step, and the kaleidoscope-like illustrations will draw young readers in again and again.