Book Detail
Sweet Music in Harlem |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Taylor, Debbie | Illustrator: Morrison, Frank |
| Title: Sweet Music in Harlem | Date: 2004 |
| Publisher: Lee & Low | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 1-58430-165-1 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading |
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Summary: |
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| Inspired by a real photograph of jazz musicians taken in 1958, the fictional story recounts young C. J.'s search through Harlem for his uncle's hat, a hat his uncle wants to wear in a photograph. Included is the historical photograph with the identities of he musicians. Musicians also appear as spectators in the illustrations. | |
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| The book can be used in a text set on the Harlem Renaissance. Readers will enjoy finding faces of the real jazz musicians in the photograph as spectators in the illustrations. Topics for discussion and writing include how C. J.'s uncle encourages his interest and talent in music and how the local community respects and assists an aging resident. | |
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