This book shows the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it. Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for the piano and his acute memory for any sound that he heard drove him to become a virtuoso who was revered by both classical and jazz pianists alike. This book is part of the list of classroom books recommended by Dr. David Koppenhaver and Dr. Karen Erickson as part of the Emergent and Conventional Literacy trainings.