Sweet Music In Harlem - Hardcover

Taylor, Debbie A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584301651 ISBN 13: 9781584301653

Publisher: Lee & Low Books Inc, 2004

Synopsis

C. J. needs to act fast. A photographer from Highnote magazine is on his way to photograph Uncle Click, a well-known jazz musician, but Uncle Click's signature hat is missing. Now it's up to C. J. to hunt down the hat in time for the photo shoot. Little does C. J. know that his whirlwind search through Harlem sets in motion the making of a magical moment of friendship and music.

Illustrated with exuberance by fine artist Frank Morrison, Sweet Music in Harlem is an action-packed romp inspired by an historic photograph from Harlem's jazz heyday. Readers everywhere will rejoice in the power of music to bring people together in wonderful, fun-filled ways.

About this title

About the Author:

DEBBIE A. TAYLOR is a first-time picture book author with a master’s degree in creative writing. She works at the University of Michigan and has had several stories published in children’s literary magazines including Spider, Cricket, and New Moon. Taylor and her family live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

FRANK MORRISON, an established fine artist, makes his picture book debut with Sweet Music in Harlem. As a teenager, Morrison experimented with art in the form of graffiti before developing his unique fine art style. The themes he most explores in his dynamic works are music, family, and spirituality. Morrison lives with his family in Somerset, New Jersey.

Synopsis:

C.J., who aspires to be as great a jazz musician as his uncle, searches for Uncle Click's hat in preparation for an important photograph and inadvertently gathers some of the greatest musicians of 1950s Harlem to join in on the picture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lee & Low Books Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1584301651
• ISBN 13: 9781584301653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Morrison Frank